Bronze snakes

Bronze snakes
Spotted bronze snake ( Dendrelaphis punctulata )
Systematics
without rank: Toxicofera Subordination : Snakes (serpentes) Superfamily : Adder-like and viper-like (Colubroidea) Family : Adders (Colubridae) Subfamily : True snakes (Colubrinae) Genre : Bronze snakes
Scientific name
Dendrelaphis
Boulenger , 1890

The bronze snakes ( Dendrelaphis ) are a genus of diurnal, tree-dwelling snakes . They colonize primary forests and cultivated land in South Asia, Indonesia and Australia. Amphibians and lizards serve as food. All species lay eggs.

features

Bronze snakes are medium-sized, very slender snakes. The elongated head has large eyes with a round pupil and is clearly set off from the neck. In the middle of the body they have 13 to 15 inclined rows of scales arranged like roof tiles. The ventral shields have keels on the sides and are notched. The subcaudal shields also have keels and, like the anal shield, are divided.

species

Timor bronze snake ( D. inornatus timorensis )

41 types are described:

• Dendrelaphis andamanensis
• Dendrelaphis ashoki
• Dendrelaphis bifrenalis
• Dendrelaphis biloreatus
• Dendrelaphis calligastra
• Striped bronze snake ( Dendrelaphis caudolineatus )
• Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus
• Dendrelaphis chairecaeos
• Blue bronze snake ( Dendrelaphis cyanochloris )
• Dendrelaphis flavescens
• Elegant bronze snake ( Dendrelaphis formosus )
• Dendrelaphis fuliginosus
• Dendrelaphis gastrostictus
• Dendrelaphis girii
• Dendrelaphis grandoculis
• Dendrelaphis grismeri
• Dendrelaphis haasi
• Dendrelaphis hollinrakei
• Dendrelaphis humayuni
• Timor bronze snake ( Dendrelaphis inornatus )
• Dendrelaphis kopsteini
• Dendrelaphis levitoni
• Dendrelaphis lorentzi
• Dendrelaphis luzonensis
• Dendrelaphis marenae
• Dendrelaphis modestus
• Dendrelaphis ngansonensis
• Dendrelaphis nigroserratus
• Dendrelaphis oliveri
• Dendrelaphis papuensis
• Dendrelaphis philippinensis
• Spotted bronze snake ( Dendrelaphis pictus )
• Spotted bronze snake ( Dendrelaphis punctulatus )
• Dendrelaphis salomonis
• Dendrelaphis chocolate
• Banded bronze snake ( Dendrelaphis striatus )
• Dendrelaphis subocularis
• Dendrelaphis terrificus
• Dendrelaphis tristis
• Dendrelaphis underwoodi
• Dendrelaphis walli

proof

• Rudolf Malkmus and Ulrich Manthey, Amphibians & reptiles of Mount Kinabalu (North Borneo) , Koeltz Scientific Books, 2002, p. 239. ISBN 3-904144-83-9

1. ^ Dendrelaphis in The Reptile Database ; Retrieved January 22, 2013.

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