Narayanan, Surya and Joseph, Naveen and Kumar, Ranjith and Vengatesan, Arul (2017) Occurrence of the Sri Lankan Flying Snake, Chrysopelea cf. taprobanica (Smith 1943) in Tamil Nadu, India. Reptiles & Amphibians, 24 (1). pp. 58-60.
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Abstract
Flying Snakes” in the genus Chrysopelea are arboreal colubrids. The genus comprises five species (Uetz and Hošek 2013) of which two, C. ornata (Shaw 1802) and C. taprobanica Smith 1943, have been recorded in India. The Golden Flying Snake (C. ornata) ranges through northern India and much of southeastern Asia to the Philippines, with a disjunct population recognized at the subspecific level in Sri Lanka. Chrysopelea taprobanica was considered a color variant of C. ornata until recognized as a distinct species by Smith (1943) and was believed to be endemic to Sri Lanka (Taylor 1950; Deraniyagala 1955; Pyron et al. 2013). However, Guptha et al. (2015) recently documented the presence of the species in the Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve in the Eastern Ghats of India (Fig. 1). Herein we provide two additional records of C. cf. taprobanica, one each from the Western and Eastern Ghats.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to the Surya Narayanan. All rights reserved. |
| Subjects: | A ATREE Publications > G Journal Papers |
| Divisions: | SM Sehgal Foundation Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation > Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation Planning |
| Depositing User: | Ms Library Staff |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Nov 2025 05:41 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2026 07:08 |
| URI: | http://archives.atree.org/id/eprint/1195 |

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