Paradise Flying Snake

Chrysopelea paradisi

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Paradise tree snake or Paradise flying snake, Chrysopelea paradisi, is a species of snake found in southeastern Asia. It can, like all species of its genus Chrysopelea, glide by stretching the body into a flattened strip using its ribs. It is mostly found in moist forests and can cover a horizontal distance of about 100 metres in a glide from the top of a tree. Slow motion photography shows an undulation of the snake's body in...

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  1. (c) Alan Couch, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/couchy/6032067972/
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysopelea_paradisi

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