Flying snake

Theflying snake,orChrysopelea,is a mildly venomous snake found throughout India to the Indonesian archipelago.It can glide, in an arboreal habitat, going from tree to tree, most likely, much like thedraco lizard.They're better at "flying" than another species of animal similar to this - theflying squirrel.

Defense

The flying snake has venom, but much likegarter snakes,the snake is so small that the amount of toxins in their saliva is only enough to kill their prey, which will be covered later on in the section about the flying snake'sdiet.If challenged by an animal far bigger than their venom can bring down, they might bite anyway just to give the predator a great deal of pain, or may chooseflightrather thanfightand "fly" away.

Diet

The flying snake's usual diet consists mainly oflizards,birds,frogs,bats,smallmiceand other rodents, which they catch during the day since they're adiurnalcreature.

Species of flying snake

There are five known species of flying snake, which are the following:

• Moluccan flying snake
• Sri Lankan flying snake
• Paradise tree snake
• Ornate flying snake
• Twin-barred tree snake