Banded Flying Snake

Chrysopelea pelias

The twin-barred tree snake is a species of snake found in Southeast Asia. It is also called the banded flying snake. It can glide, as with all species of its genus ''Chrysopelea'', by stretching the body into a flattened strip using its ribs.
TWIN-BARRED FLYING SNAKE Chrysopelia pelias (Linnaeus,1785) An arboreal species and the smallest of it genus Chrysopelia. Chrysopelea pelias,Geotagged,Malaysia,Twin-barred tree snake

Distribution

The twin-barred tree snake is found in Thailand, Malaysia , Indonesia ; Brunei Darussalam; Burma and Singapore.

''Chrysopelea pelias'' has an overlapping range with the paradise tree snake in Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo and Indonesia. However, ''Chrysopelea pelias'' is not nearly as common as the paradise tree snake.

Habitat

It is mostly found in moist forests and can cover a horizontal distance of about 100 metres in a glide from the top of a tree. It is an oviparous snake.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassReptilia
OrderSquamata
FamilyColubridae
GenusChrysopelea
SpeciesC. pelias
Photographed in
Malaysia