📸 PhotoPhoto: Alan Couch from Australia · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Paradise Tree Snake
Chrysopelea paradisi (Paradise Tree Snake · パラダイストビヘビ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its maximum length of 1.3 m is similar to the length of a full-sized umbrella (Comparison).
- 💡 Singapore's National Parks Board notes that in Singapore it can commonly be seen not only in nature reserves but also in parks, gardens, and urban areas.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The Paradise Tree Snake is a non-venomous snake living in Southeast Asian forests that flattens its body to glide from tree to tree.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its body is slender and rounded, with a relatively flat head clearly distinct from the neck. On its black back, each scale has a green or yellow spot, and along the midline clusters of four red spots often form flower-like patterns.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
Active by day and arboreal, it snatches lizards and small birds high in the treetops. Singapore's National Parks Board notes that it is common in forests, mangroves, parks, and urban areas.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2022) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/183189/217764267
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — 5YQX8
- • iucnredlist.org — 217764267
- • wikidata.org — Q649002
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Chrysopelea paradisi (6032067972).jpg
- • nparks.gov.sg — 832
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Alex Slavenko · CC0 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Elaphe quatuorlineata)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.