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Sri Lankan flying snake

Chrysopelea taprobanica

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Description:

This snake is capable of making spectacular glides between trees.Inhabits old growth trees, as well as secondary vegetation, cultivations, sometimes entering human dwellings, at elevation up to 200m. Diurnal, arboreal and oviparous , it's diet comprises lizards such as geckos and agamids, bats, rodents, birds and other small snakes.

Habitat:

trees near the research station - Naula

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