Twin-barred Tree Snake Archives - Singapore Geographic https://www.singaporegeographic.com/tag/twin-barred-tree-snake Singapore Biodiversity, List of Wild Animals, Insect, Nature Article that has been recorded in Singapore. Sat, 27 Jan 2024 12:53:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 135464637 Twin-barred Tree Snake https://www.singaporegeographic.com/wild-animals/twin-barred-tree-snake?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=twin-barred-tree-snake https://www.singaporegeographic.com/wild-animals/twin-barred-tree-snake#respond Sun, 09 May 2021 09:25:37 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=5131 The twin-barred tree snake is a species of snake found in Southeast Asia. It is also called the banded flying snake. It can glide, as with all species of its genus Chrysopelea, by stretching the body into a flattened strip using its ribs. Wikipedia Rarely seen, mostly found in Forest, the Twin-barred Tree Snake is able […]

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]]> The twin-barred tree snake is a species of snake found in Southeast Asia. It is also called the banded flying snake. It can glide, as with all species of its genus Chrysopelea, by stretching the body into a flattened strip using its ribs. Wikipedia

Rarely seen, mostly found in Forest, the Twin-barred Tree Snake is able to glide from tree to tree by flattening its body into an aerofoil-like surface and flinging itself from tall trees.

It’s Native to Singapore

Scientific name: Chrysopelea pelias

It is a mildly venomous back-fanged species.

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