Photo of a Indian Flying Snake (Chrysopelea taprobanica)
Photo: Rishi Valley Biodiversity, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Indian Flying Snake

Chrysopelea taprobanica

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Chrysopelea
Continents
Asia
Countries
2
How common
Recorded in 26 places on iNaturalist

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About

Indian Flying Snake (Chrysopelea taprobanica) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in India, Sri Lanka. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical dry forest, tropical seasonal forest and 5 more. Recorded in 26 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.

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