Painted Bronzeback

Dendrelaphis pictus

🐍 Non-venomous

Description

The Painted Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis pictus) is a slender, arboreal snake species found throughout Southeast Asia, including Indonesia. It is easily recognized by its striking bronze or metallic brown back with a distinct black lateral stripe running from the eye to the tail, and a lighter underside. The species is diurnal and highly agile, often seen moving quickly through trees or shrubs in search of small lizards and frogs. It is a common inhabitant of forests, gardens, and rural areas near human settlements.

Venomous?

Non-venomous. The Painted Bronzeback poses no venomous threat to humans.

A Danger to Humans?

Not aggressive. When threatened, it may inflate its body to appear larger, but it rarely bites and prefers to flee.

Population Size

Stable

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

30.5 g

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.