Golden Flying Snake
Chrysopelea ornata
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Chrysopelea
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 5
- How common
- Common
About
Golden Flying Snake (Chrysopelea ornata) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest and 35 more. Common: recorded in 647 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.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Subtropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Bamboo Forest
- Woodland
- Dry Woodland
- Scrub Forest
- Thorn Forest
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Subalpine Forest
- Scrubland
- Desert
- Hot Desert
- Desert Scrub
- Mountain Slopes
- Agricultural Land
Related snakes
- Moluccan Flying Snake Chrysopelea rhodopleuron
- Twin-barred Tree Snake Chrysopelea pelias
- Indian Flying Snake Chrysopelea taprobanica
- Paradise Tree Snake Chrysopelea paradisi
- Zhao's Mountain Stream Snake Opisthotropis zhaoermii
- Atractus dapsilis
- de Silva’s Rough-Side Snake Aspidura desilvai
- Hognose Lineate Blackhead Apostolepis lineata
- Tantilla stenigrammi
- Semau Island groundsnake Stegonotus lividus
- Thomas' Racer Pseudalsophis thomasi
- Erythrolamprus rochai
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.