Genus: Chrysopelea
Species: C. taprobanica
The Chrysopelea taprobanica, is medium size 60 to 100cm ( 24 to 40 in) long snake. Appearance of the head is yellow and black cross strips and with large eyes has round pupils. Dorsal scales are smooth and has dark cross bands. Between cross bands orange to red color dots can be seen. Ventral side is pale green with lateral black spots on sides.
commonly known as Sri Lankan Flying Snake found in dry zone lowlands and part of the intermediate climatic zone including Kurunegala, Polonnaruwa, Monaragala, Trincomalee, Jaffna in Sri Lanka and few specimens found in Andra Pradesh, India. Before record in Andra Pradesh, it believed as this species is to be endemic to Sri Lanka.
Slightly venomous snake diets lizards, geckos and small birds. This diurnal and arboreal (lives on the trees), snake inhabits old grown trees and sometimes enters to human dwellings to find foods such as geckos. This species mostly preferred forests and they use their ventral scales to float over the air from one tree to another. This seems a flying aspect, but actually float over the air by making ventral scales like parachute shape. This species is oviparous.
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