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IMG_1717-0(W) Twin-barred Flying Snake (Chrysopelea pelias)
Also known as Twin-barred Tree Snake or Banded Flying Snake.
Local name: Ular Pokok Belang
Toxicity: Non-venomous, quite docile
Length: 1 ft , max 74 cm
Twin-barred flying snake is a rarely encounter snake because most of the time, it stays on the canopy.
As the name imply, it can glide, as with all species of its genus Chrysopelea. The mechanics to this unique ability is achieved by stretching its body into a flat strip by flattening its ribs. 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.
Chrysopelea pelias has an overlapping range with the paradise tree snake (Chrysopelea paradisi) in Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo and Indonesia. However, Chrysopelea pelias is not nearly as common as the paradise tree snake.
Distribution: Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, and Myanmar.
IMG_1717-0(W) Twin-barred Flying Snake (Chrysopelea pelias)
Also known as Twin-barred Tree Snake or Banded Flying Snake.
Local name: Ular Pokok Belang
Toxicity: Non-venomous, quite docile
Length: 1 ft , max 74 cm
Twin-barred flying snake is a rarely encounter snake because most of the time, it stays on the canopy.
As the name imply, it can glide, as with all species of its genus Chrysopelea. The mechanics to this unique ability is achieved by stretching its body into a flat strip by flattening its ribs. 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.
Chrysopelea pelias has an overlapping range with the paradise tree snake (Chrysopelea paradisi) in Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo and Indonesia. However, Chrysopelea pelias is not nearly as common as the paradise tree snake.
Distribution: Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, and Myanmar.