Little information is available on the biology of Hoogstraal’s cat snake. However, it is known to be nocturnal (2) (4), and like other Telescopus species it is terrestrial (5).
The diet of Hoogstraal’s cat snake is reported to consist of small lizards, such as the horn-scaled agama, Trapelus ruderatus (4). When threatened, Hoogstraal’s cat snake coils the front part of its body into an ‘S’ shaped curve, and may hiss before striking out (4).
Hoogstraal’s cat snake lays eggs (1). No other information is available on the breeding behaviourof this snake, but other members of the genus are known to lay clutches of around 5 to 15 eggs (5).