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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Ahaetuliinae |
| Genus: | Dendrelaphis |
| Species: | D. striatus
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| Dendrelaphis striatus (Cohn, 1905)
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Taxonomy
editDendrelaphis striatus belongs to the genus Dendrelaphis, which contains 48 other described species.[2]
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:[3]
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Geographic range
editDendrelaphis striatus is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.[4]
Behavior
editThe snake is diurnal and fully arboreal, and has oviparous reproduction.[4]
References
edit- ^ Grismer, L.; Vogel, G. (2012). "Dendrelaphis striatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192072A2036367. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ Genus Dendrelaphis at The Reptile Database.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Species Dendrelaphis striatus at The Reptile Database
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