Moluccan Flying Snake
Chrysopelea rhodopleuron
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Chrysopelea
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 2
- How common
- Rare
About
Moluccan Flying Snake (Chrysopelea rhodopleuron) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Indonesia, Malaysia. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest and 3 more. Rare: recorded in only 2 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
- Twin-barred Tree Snake Chrysopelea pelias
- Indian Flying Snake Chrysopelea taprobanica
- Paradise Tree Snake Chrysopelea paradisi
- Golden Flying Snake Chrysopelea ornata
- 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.