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  • Northern Tree Snake, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Halvard Aas Midtun, all rights reserved

  • Northern Tree Snake, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Christian Langner, all rights reserved

  • Northern Tree Snake, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Jono Dashper, all rights reserved

  • Northern Tree Snake, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Christian Langner, all rights reserved

  • Northern Tree Snake, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Massimiliano Finzi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Northern Tree Snake, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Caleb Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Northern Tree Snake

Dendrelaphis calligaster

Worldwide
265 observations
Group
Reptiles
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About

Dendrelaphis calligastra, the northern tree snake (also called beautiful-bellied tree snake) is a slender, large-eyed, nonvenomous, diurnal snake. It grows up to 1.2 m in length and is greenish, brown, or greyish above with a cream or yellow belly.

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