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Chrysopelea, commonly known as the flying snake or gliding snake, is a genus of snakes that belongs to the family Colubridae. They are found in Southeast Asia , and are known for their ability to glide between trees.
It can, like all species of its genus Chrysopelea, glide by stretching the body into a flattened strip using its ribs. It is mostly found in moist forests and can cover a horizontal distance of 10 meters or more [2] in a glide from the top of a tree. Slow motion photography shows an undulation of the snake's body in flight while the head ...
Chrysopelea taprobanica, the Sri Lankan flying snake [3] [4] [5] or Indian flying snake, [2] is a species of gliding colubrid snake distributed in India and Sri Lanka. [1] [2] [6] It can glide, as with all species of its genus Chrysopelea, by stretching the body into a flattened strip using its ribs. The snake is known as "dangara dandaa ...
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It is commonly known as the golden tree snake, ornate flying snake, and golden flying snake. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Along with the other species in the Chrysopelea genus , the golden tree snake is very unusual, as it is capable of a type of gliding "flight" (more of a controlled "throwing" or "falling")—mainly utilised during the pursuit of prey ...
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. It is fully arboreal, mostly found in moist forests, and can cover a horizontal distance of about 100 metres in a glide from the top of a tree. It is an oviparous snake.
Mammals tend to rely on lower glide ratios to increase the amount of time foraging for lower energy food. [8] An equilibrium glide, achieving a constant airspeed and glide angle, is harder to obtain as animal size increases. Larger animals need to glide from much higher heights and longer distances to make it energetically beneficial. [9]
The Colubrinae are a subfamily of snakes within the family Colubridae.It includes numerous genera, and although taxonomic sources often disagree on the exact number, the Reptile Database lists 717 species in 92 genera as of September 2019. [2]