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Dendrelaphis striatus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Ahaetuliinae
Genus:	Dendrelaphis
Species:	D. striatus
Binomial name
Dendrelaphis striatus (Cohn, 1905)

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.

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:

Geographic range

Dendrelaphis striatus is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.

Behavior

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

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. ^ Species Dendrelaphis striatus at The Reptile Database

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