Photo of a Paradise Tree Snake (Chrysopelea paradisi)
Photo: Kyoung In, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Paradise Tree Snake

Chrysopelea paradisi

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Chrysopelea
Continents
Asia
Countries
7
How common
Common

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About

Paradise Tree Snake (Chrysopelea paradisi) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines and 2 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 32 more. Common: recorded in 247 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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