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COMMON NAME: Common Tree
Snake
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Dendrelaphis Punctulatus
FAMILY: Colubridae
GENUS: Dendrelaphis
STATUS: Secure
SIZE (cm): 120 |
DESCRIPTION: Colour subject to considerable geographic
variation. Varies from olive and olive-green through various shades
of brown to almost black or even blue above, the skin between the scales
( displayed when the snake is aroused and vertically flattens its neck
and body ) light blue. The head of the light coloured specimens is often
grey or brown, contrasting strongly with the body colour. Belly usually
lemon yellow, more intense in colour under the throat, but varies from
white to olive, yellow, green or even bluish. No dark streak from the
snout and through the eye.
PREFERRED HABITAT: North eastern Qld. to northern
NT. Extra-limital in New Guinea.
MICROHABITAT: An aquatic snake, usually found in
creeks, clear swamps and larger rivers, especially in the overflow
waterholes left behind riverbanks by receding floodwaters during the
wet season. Grassy banks, or those with dense aquatic vegetation fringing
the banks, are especially favoured.
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