Wildlifeof India
Dendrelaphis grandoculis
Colubrid Snakes
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Dendrelaphis grandoculis
Basic stats
Diet
Lizards, frogs and small birds
Habitat
Rainforest; arboreal and active by day
Range
Western Ghats of south-western India, south of the Goa gap
Size
About 4 feet (1.2m)
The large-eyed bronzeback, or southern bronzeback, is a colubrid snake endemic to the Western Ghats of south-western India. The scales are in 15 rows, the spine scales nearly as large as the outer row. It is olive-brown above with irregular small black blotches, the eye bordered with whitish, and pale olive below. Total length is about 4 feet, with a tail of 13.5 inches (Wikipedia, general species account, after Boulenger).
It is rather slow for a bronzeback and slides along tree branches foraging for lizards, frogs and small birds. It is a day-active, tree-dwelling forest snake, partial to rainforest. The Reptile Database lists Travancore, Tirunelveli, the Nilgiris, Wayanad and Kerala.
Quick answers
- What does the Dendrelaphis grandoculis eat?
- Lizards, frogs and small birds
- What habitat does the Dendrelaphis grandoculis live in?
- Rainforest; arboreal and active by day
- Where is the Dendrelaphis grandoculis found?
- Western Ghats of south-western India, south of the Goa gap
- How big is the Dendrelaphis grandoculis?
- About 4 feet (1.2m)