Golden Tree Snake

The golden tree snake, also called the ornate flying snake, is a mildly venomous, rear-fanged colubrid found in South Asia and South-east Asia. It is usually green with black cross-hatching and yellow or gold accents. It ranges from 11.5 to 130 cm in length and reaches maturity at about 1 m (Wikipedia, general species account).

Like others of its genus, it can glide from tree to tree in a controlled throwing or falling motion, mainly while pursuing prey, and individuals have been known to cross as much as 100 m. It is active by day and lives in trees, and it might also feed on bird eggs and insects. It lays six to twelve elongated eggs. Its breeding habits are little known. In India it is found in the forests of the Andaman Islands and, per the Reptile Database, in Assam, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Gujarat, Kerala, West Bengal, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Mizoram and Nagaland.