AHB Series 23 – Mangrove Snake – Boiga dendrophila melanota | Snake

BLACK-AND-GOLD BEAUTY · the mangrove cat snake

A Series of Laugh and Grow

Real animals, reimagined plump and cheerful — painted in lifelike detail, sculpted impossibly cute.

Chubby & Full of Character

Rounded, soft and undeniably cute — yet every scale, wrinkle and marking is hand-painted true to the real animal. The reaction it gets in person is always the same: so detailed, and so adorable.

Ready to Display

A single, sturdy hand-painted piece — no assembly, no fuss. Set it on a desk or shelf and it holds its happy pose, ready to collect and show off.

Black and Gold

Its lacquer-black body ringed with bright yellow bars makes it instantly recognizable — a bold warning coat on a snake that would much rather slip away than fight.

A Cat-Eyed Climber

Vertical, cat-like pupils and a slender, muscular body make the mangrove snake a superb nocturnal tree-hunter, gliding through the branches after birds, bats and lizards.

Mildly Venomous, Rarely a Threat

It is rear-fanged with a mild venom used to subdue small prey; to people it is considered of little danger, more bluster than bite.

Guardian of the Mangroves

At home in the tangled coastal mangroves of Southeast Asia, it is a beautiful ambassador for a threatened habitat — here rounded into a plump, glossy coil.