When a snake comes to mind I imagine it crawling on the ground, the evolution of these reptiles ended up consolidating in a flexible form by the absence of legs and scales that serve as species of hooks to move from one place to another. Today I present a snake that can not only crawl on the ground, but this snake can also fly if as you just read can fly and plan very elegantly. Join me to learn a little about the flying snake, fantastic reptile.

It is of the genus La Chrysopelea, and is popularly known as the flying snake for its ability to fly from one tree to another, although they are not very poisonous these snakes are not considered dangerous for humans, their flights from one branch to another from one tree to another can pass the 100 meters, really glide. Their behavior is totally diurnal and their main diet is based on mice, frogs, bats, and birds.

As I commented this snake can plan, this means that it can quietly direct its body and correct during the flight towards where it wants to go, it is almost perfect. but how does it achieve it?

The flight of this snake is thanks to the flexibility that it has in its ribs being able to flatten itself and in that way to obtain the aerodynamic enough to undertake flight, other reptiles also use a similar technique as it is the case of some frogs and flying lizards. It is impressive how they flatten their body from the base of their head to the tail, it is a significant pressure that they have to achieve contracting the muscles in a very rigid way, but flexible enough to be able to plan and direct the flight.

Its reproductive season is at the beginning of summer, and is not the only species has other varieties and can reach 1.2 meters in length or in the smallest 61 cm long. It can lay 8 to 12 eggs, in the wild can live up to 5 years, while in captivity almost triples the time and can live a respectable 13 years.

These snakes are from Southeast Asia, although they are most of the time in the trees they have been seen on the ground doing activities such as hunting or molting their skin, there are about 5 species of flying snakes.

Chrysopelea paradisi

It is one of the most popular in the European pet trade, are black with green scales and reach a length of 1 meter.

Chrysopelea ornata

It is recognized as the largest snake of all flying snakes and as the one that has the most clumsy and weakest movement, has a beautiful lemon green color, although in India is the same species, but the difference is its orange color accompanied by red marks and black stripes.

Chrysopelea Pelias

For being the smallest, it was to be expected that this is the most agile species, which has taken the title of reaching the amazing 100 mt distance between one tree and another, is really impressive as a snake of only 61 cm in length can reach flights almost like a bird and without wings, are recognized by the size and its dark black color with thick red and yellow scales accompanied by very thin black bands.

When a snake comes to mind I imagine it crawling on the ground, the evolution of these reptiles ended up consolidating in a flexible form by the absence of legs and scales that serve as species of hooks to move from one place to another. Today I present a snake that can not only crawl on the ground, but this snake can also fly if as you just read can fly and plan very elegantly. Join me to learn a little about the flying snake, fantastic reptile.

It is of the genus La Chrysopelea, and is popularly known as the flying snake for its ability to fly from one tree to another, although they are not very poisonous these snakes are not considered dangerous for humans, their flights from one branch to another from one tree to another can pass the 100 meters, really glide. Their behavior is totally diurnal and their main diet is based on mice, frogs, bats, and birds.

As I commented this snake can plan, this means that it can quietly direct its body and correct during the flight towards where it wants to go, it is almost perfect. but how does it achieve it?

The flight of this snake is thanks to the flexibility that it has in its ribs being able to flatten itself and in that way to obtain the aerodynamic enough to undertake flight, other reptiles also use a similar technique as it is the case of some frogs and flying lizards. It is impressive how they flatten their body from the base of their head to the tail, it is a significant pressure that they have to achieve contracting the muscles in a very rigid way, but flexible enough to be able to plan and direct the flight.

Its reproductive season is at the beginning of summer, and is not the only species has other varieties and can reach 1.2 meters in length or in the smallest 61 cm long. It can lay 8 to 12 eggs, in the wild can live up to 5 years, while in captivity almost triples the time and can live a respectable 13 years.

These snakes are from Southeast Asia, although they are most of the time in the trees they have been seen on the ground doing activities such as hunting or molting their skin, there are about 5 species of flying snakes.

Chrysopelea paradisi

It is one of the most popular in the European pet trade, are black with green scales and reach a length of 1 meter.

Chrysopelea ornata

It is recognized as the largest snake of all flying snakes and as the one that has the most clumsy and weakest movement, has a beautiful lemon green color, although in India is the same species, but the difference is its orange color accompanied by red marks and black stripes.

Chrysopelea Pelias

For being the smallest, it was to be expected that this is the most agile species, which has taken the title of reaching the amazing 100 mt distance between one tree and another, is really impressive as a snake of only 61 cm in length can reach flights almost like a bird and without wings, are recognized by the size and its dark black color with thick red and yellow scales accompanied by very thin black bands.