Boiga ochracea

The scientific name given for this entry, Boiga multomaculata, belongs to the many-spotted cat snake, a rear-fanged colubrid. Adults reach about 77cm. It is grey-brown above with two alternating rows of round dark brown, reddish-brown or chestnut spots and two rows of smaller spots on the lower sides, and the head carries two blackish bands that diverge towards the rear (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is mostly seen hunting just before daybreak and eats lizards such as geckos and small skinks, and also lizard eggs. The Reptile Database lists it from West Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, not Nepal, and the name in this guide (ochracea) differs from the scientific name, so the entry is flagged for checking.