NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Banded Flying Snake
Chrysopelea pelias (Linnaeus, 1758)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The twin-barred tree snake (Chrysopelea pelias) is a species of colubrid snake found in Southeast Asia. It is also called the banded flying snake. It can glide, as with all species of its genus Chrysopelea, by stretching the body into a flattened strip using its ribs. It is fully arboreal, mostly found in moist forests, and can cover a horizontal distance of about 100 metres in a glide from the top of a tree. It is an oviparous snake.
Wikipedia contributors, Banded flying snake; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:18:06.649767+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Chrysopelea pelias (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Name authority
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- Banded Flying Snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Chrysopelea
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyColubridae
- genusChrysopelea
- speciesChrysopelea pelias (Linnaeus, 1758)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Chrysopelea. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| (Paradise Flying SnakeChrysopelea paradisi Boie, 1827 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Moluccan Flying SnakeChrysopelea rhodopleuron Boie, 1827 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Golden Flying SnakeChrysopelea ornata (Shaw, 1802) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Indian Flying SnakeChrysopelea taprobanica Smith, 1943 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Chrysopelea erythromelas Boie, 1827 Boie, 1827 | synonym |
| Chrysopelea hasseltii (Bleeker, 1860) (Bleeker, 1860) | synonym |
| Chrysopelea erythrochloris Schlegel, 1826 Schlegel, 1826 | synonym |
| Coluber pelias Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus, 1758 | synonym |
| Dendrophis chrysochloros Schlegel, 1837 Schlegel, 1837 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Chrysopelea&species=pelias Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5YR8W. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.