Elegant Bronzeback
Dendrelaphis formosus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colubrid Snakes)
- GenusDendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)
- SpeciesDendrelaphis formosus (Elegant Bronzeback)
About the Elegant Bronzeback
Dendrelaphis formosus, commonly known as either the elegant bronzeback or beautiful bronzeback tree snake, is a snake species in the family Colubridae from Southeast Asia. Dendrelaphis formosus belongs to the genus Dendrelaphis, which contains 48 other described species.
Dendrelaphis is one of five genera belonging to the vine snake subfamily Ahaetuliinae, of which Dendrelaphis is most closely related to Chrysopelea, as shown in the cladogram below: The beautiful bronzeback tree snake is native to southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia to the islands of Sumatra, Borneo and Java. It inhabits lowland forests up to elevations of 600 m (2,000 ft). The snake is diurnal and fully arboreal, and has oviparous reproduction. It mainly feeds on lizards, but occasionally also frogs. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Sepilok
Gray Bronzeback
Dendrelaphis caudolineatus
Common Bronze-back
Dendrelaphis pictus
Paradise Flying Snake
Chrysopelea paradisi
Red-tailed Green Ratsnake
Gonyosoma oxycephalum
Brown Whip Snake
Dryophiops rubescens
Gold-ringed Cat Snake
Boiga dendrophila
Brown Rat Snake
Ptyas fusca
Blue-necked Keelback
Rhabdophis rhodomelas
(Eight-) Striped Kukri Snake
Oligodon octolineatus
Oriental Whipsnake
Ahaetulla prasina
Dog-toothed Cat Snake
Boiga cynodon
Samarinda Reed Snake
Calamaria hilleniusi
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 2 | Bako National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Tanjung Puting National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 8 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |