About Dendrelaphis tristis (Daudin, 1803)
Dendrelaphis tristis is a long, slender snake with a pointed head. A bronze-coloured line runs the full length of its back, and its uniform ruddy brown skin provides camouflage among leaves. This species is distributed across Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Bhutan, though its confirmed presence in Myanmar, Bhutan, and Pakistan is uncertain. Dendrelaphis tristis is diurnal and fully arboreal. It inhabits a range of forest types, from dry deciduous to semi-evergreen, and has also been recorded in urban gardens and parks. This snake reproduces via oviparous (egg-laying) reproduction; it lays clutches of 6 to 8 eggs in April, in tree hollows and rotting vegetation.
