Photo of a Montane Treesnake (Dendrelaphis gastrostictus)
Photo: Stephen John Davies, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Montane Treesnake

Dendrelaphis gastrostictus

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Dendrelaphis
Continents
Asia, Oceania
Countries
2
How common
Rare

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About

Montane Treesnake (Dendrelaphis gastrostictus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 7 more. Rare: recorded in only 1 place 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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