Paradise Tree Snake

Chrysopelea paradisi

Description

Paradise Tree Snake has a medium size, slender snake with a long thin tail. Colour black, head and neck spotted with yellow or lime green, merging to form about five or six obscure bands. Forebody may be spotted with orange, becoming spots of red down the spine. Sides spotted with white, pale yellow or green. Tail spotted with white, pale blue, or green. Undersurfaces greenish or yellowish, the outer edges of ventral and subcaudal scales bearing continuous keel. The Paradise Tree is venomous snake

Population Size

Stable

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

700 mm – 1.5 m

Ar

Arboreal

Ca

Carnivore

Di

Diurnal

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Reptilia

ORDER

:

Squamata

FAMILY

:

Colubridae

GENUS

:

Chrysopelea

SPECIES

:

Chrysopelea paradisi

Distribution

On Bali known from plantation near Melaya, Jembrana, close to sea level and from Bali Barat National Park. Elsewhere occurs in various forest including mangrove and montane forest, agricultural areas and gardens, to 1500 m asl.

Geography

Continents : Asia

Country : Myanmar, southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, the Philippines, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Sulawesi and possibly the Andaman Islands

Habits and Lifestyle

Snakes of the Chrysopelea genus are the only limbless animals that glide throught air using their flattened bodies. It is likely that gap crossing between trees may have been the evolutionary reason for gliding in these snake.

Lifestyle

Arboreal and diurnal

Biome

Tropical Forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

Feeds mostly on lizards, but also on birds and small bats.

Diet : Carnivora

Mating Habits

Reproduction session : –

Incubation periods : –

Independent age : at birth

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : up to 8 eggs

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

Population threats​

The are no major threats impacting this species globally, however, it may be at some localized risk in heavily deforested areas, such as parts of the Philippines.

Population number​

Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, it occurs in a number of protected areas, is tolerant of a degree of habitat modification, exists as an apparently stable population, and is not subject to any major threats.

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Reference

  1. Paradise Tree Snake on The IUCN Red List site 
  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.