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Banded Flying Snake
Mark Joslyn, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Snakes

Banded Flying Snake

Chrysopelea pelias (Linnaeus, 1758)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishBanded Flying Snake
DutchBanded flying snake
SpanishVoladora bandeada
Chinese孪斑金花蛇
Sranan Tongosneki (general name for the group)
Scientific nameChrysopelea pelias (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

The twin-barred tree snake (Chrysopelea pelias) is a species of colubrid 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. It is fully arboreal, 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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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassSquamata
FamilyColubridae
GenusChrysopelea

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