Dendrelaphis striatus, commonly known as the banded bronzeback or striated bronzeback treesnake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae found in Southeast Asia.

Taxonomy

Dendrelaphis striatus belongs to the genus Dendrelaphis, which contains 48 other described species.[2]

Dendrelaphis is one of five genera belonging to the vine snake subfamily Ahaetuliinae, of which Dendrelaphis is most closely related to Chrysopelea, as shown in the cladogram below:[3]

Ahaetuliinae

Geographic range

Dendrelaphis striatus is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.[4]

Behavior

The snake is diurnal and fully arboreal, and has oviparous reproduction.[4]

References

  1. ^ Grismer, L.; Vogel, G. (2012). "Dendrelaphis striatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192072A2036367. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  2. ^ Genus Dendrelaphis at The Reptile Database.
  3. ^ Mallik, Ashok Kumar; Achyuthan, N. Srikanthan; Ganesh, Sumaithangi R.; Pal, Saunak P.; Vijayakumar, S. P.; Shanker, Kartik (27 July 2019). "Discovery of a deeply divergent new lineage of vine snake (Colubridae: Ahaetuliinae: Proahaetulla gen. nov.) from the southern Western Ghats of Peninsular India with a revised key for Ahaetuliinae". PLOS ONE. 14 (7): e0218851. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1418851M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0218851. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6636718. PMID 31314800.
  4. ^ a b Species Dendrelaphis striatus at The Reptile Database


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrelaphis_striatus
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