Photo of a Eastern bronzeback tree snake (Dendrelaphis proarchos)
Photo: Abinash Biswal, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Eastern bronzeback tree snake

Dendrelaphis proarchos

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Dendrelaphis
Continents
Asia
Countries
7
How common
Recorded in 58 places on iNaturalist

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About

Eastern bronzeback tree snake (Dendrelaphis proarchos) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos and 2 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest and 30 more. Recorded in 58 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

Related snakes

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