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Bronzebacks
Dendrelaphis
Dendrelaphis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Ahaetuliinae of the family Colubridae. Species of the genus Dendrelaphis are distributed from Pakistan, India and southern China to Indonesia, Timor-Leste, the Philippines, Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. There are over 50 described species. Asian species are known commonly as bronzebacks, while the Australo-Papuan species are simply called tree snakes. All are non-venomous and entirely harmless to humans.
51 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 51 known species
Common Tree Snake
speciesDendrelaphis punctulatus
Painted Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis pictus
Common Bronzeback Tree Snake
speciesDendrelaphis tristis
Striped Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis caudolineatus
Elegant Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis formosus
Kopstein's Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis kopsteini
Vietnamese Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis ngansonensis
Northern Tree Snake
speciesDendrelaphis calligaster
Maren's Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis marenae
Blue Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis cyanochloris
Karnataka Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis chairecacos
Mountain Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis subocularis
Eastern bronzeback tree snake
speciesDendrelaphis proarchos
Haas's Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis haasi
Giri's Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis girii
Stripe-Tailed Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis caudolineolatus
Lesser Sundas bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis inornatus
Underwood's Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis underwoodi
Schokar's bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis schokari
Large-eyed bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis grandoculis
Banded Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis striatus
Philippines Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis philippinensis
Boulenger's Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis bifrenalis
Vogel's Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis vogeli
Andaman Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis andamanensis
Ashok's Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis ashoki
Palau Tree Snake
speciesDendrelaphis striolatus
Terrific Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis terrificus
Palawan bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis levitoni
Wickramasinghes' Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis wickrorum
Luzon Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis luzonensis
New Guinea Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis lineolatus
sawtooth-necked bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis nigroserratus
big-eyed tree snake
speciesDendrelaphis macrops
Striped Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis modestus
Negros Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis fuliginosus
Tiwar's Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis humayuni
Southern Burmese Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis walli
Moluccan Painted Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis grismeri
Binh’s Bronzeback Snake
speciesDendrelaphis binhi
Sinharaja Tree Snake
speciesDendrelaphis effrenis
Gore's bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis biloreatus
Kei Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis keiensis
Dendrelaphis thasuni
speciesDendrelaphis thasuni
Montane treesnake
speciesDendrelaphis gastrostictus
Sulu bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis flavescens
Lorentz River Tree Snake
speciesDendrelaphis lorentzii
Papuan treesnake
speciesDendrelaphis papuensis
Dendrelaphis roseni
speciesDendrelaphis roseni
Oliver's Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis oliveri
Hollinrake's Bronzeback
speciesDendrelaphis hollinrakei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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