Species

Chrysopelea rhodopleuron

Chrysopelea rhodopleuron · described by BOIE 1827

Paradise Flying Snake, a close relative of Chrysopelea rhodopleuron

Pictured: Paradise Flying Snake, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: Alan Couch from Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Chrysopelea rhodopleuron
First described
BOIE 1827
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Snakes (Serpentes)
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Chrysopelea
Subspecies
  • Chrysopelea rhodopleuron rhodopleuron BOIE 1827
  • Chrysopelea rhodopleuron viridis FISCHER 1880

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree