Ornate Flying Snake
We have a few beautiful Ornate Flying snakes for sale at incredibly affordable prices. These Asian reptiles are capable of gliding flight, and are also mildly venomous. They generally attain a length of approximately 3 to 3.5 feet. When you buy a snake from us, you automatically receive our 100% live arrival guarantee. Ornate Flying Snake
Chrysopelea ornata is usually green in color, with black cross-hatching and yellow or gold colored accents. The body, though slender, is far less so than in other tree snakes. It has a flattened head with constricted neck, a blunt nose and large eyes with round pupils.[2]
The lateral, sharp and pronounced keeled condition of the ventrals in association with the normal, not enlarged, vertebral row of scales distinguish this snake.
This snake ranges from 11.5 to 130 cm (0.38 to 4.27 ft) long.[5] Maturity is reached at about 1 m (3.3 ft) in length.[5] The tail is about one-fourth of the total length.[2]
Chrysopelea ornata has two major colour forms, and their descriptions are given below:[2]
- In Sri Lanka and the southern extent of its Indian range, the snake is primarily greenish yellow or pale green. Each scale has a black mesial streak or spot, and is more or less edged with black. The snake also has dark crossbars at intervals. A series of large, flower-shaped, reddish or orange vertebral spots may be present or absent. Ventrals greenish, outside the keel edged with black or spotted. Head black with yellow crossbars and spots. The flower-shaped spots are more common in Sri Lanka than in south India.
- The second color variety which is more common in Southeast Asia lacks the reddish vertebral spots, and has less prominent black crossbars. But all varieties can be found throughout its distribution area.