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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusChrysopelea
Chrysopelea taprobanica
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Indian Flying Snake

Chrysopelea taprobanica Smith, 1943

Also calledCobra-voadora-indiana (por) · Srilankansk Pragttræsnog (dan) · දගර දණ්ඩා (sin) · 印度金花蛇 (zho)

First described in: Smith, M. A. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes).

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2457114.