Painted Bronzeback

Dendrelaphis pictus

Description

Painted Bronzeback is a medium-sized, slender snake with large eyes. The color of the upper body is dark red, with two black stripes on the sides of the body, the upper and lower body is bordered by lime yellow or green stripes. There are blue, light green, or white spots that are visible when the body flexes. This snake is non-venomous and harmless

Population Size

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Life Span

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WEIGHT​

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LENGTH

Total length 900 mm

Ar

Arboreal

Ca

Carnivore

Di

Diurnal

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Reptilia

ORDER

:

Squamata

FAMILY

:

Colubridae

GENUS

:

Dendrelaphis

SPECIES

:

Dendrelaphis pictus

Distribution

Painted Bronzeback live in lowland rainforests, monsoon forests, savanna, and agricultural lands, up to an altitude of 700 m asl.

Geography

Continents : Asia, Southeast Asia

Country : India includes the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Nepal, South China, the Philippines, Kalimantan, Indonesia from Sumatra to the Kai Islands, including Sulawesi

Habits and Lifestyle

They are diurnal, and often encountered on low vegetation and close to water. moves rapidly on vegetation, lifts up large section of front body when moving on the ground. sleeps on shrubs and at tips of branches in trees

Lifestyle

Arboreal

Biome

Tropical Forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

Painted bronzeback are carnivores that eat lizards and frogs, and also hunts on the ground.

Diet : Carnivore

Mating Habits

Painted bronzeback reproduces oviparously. the female lays up to 8 eggs with a size of 30 by 10 mm. the length of the newly hatched snake chicks 250mm.

Reproduction session :

Incubation periods :

Independent age : at birth

Baby name :

Baby carrying : up to 8 eggs

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. Dendrelaphis pictus article
  2. Somaweera, R. 2017. A Naturalist’s Guide To The Reptiles and Amphibians of Bali. John Beaufoy Publishing, Oxford, England.
  3. McKay, J.L. 2006. Reptil and Amphibi di Bali. Krieger Publishing Company, Florida, USA.