Northern Tree Snake

Dendrelaphis calligaster, also called green tree snake, northern green tree-snake, and northern tree snake, is a colubrid snake native to New Guinea, Australia, and Solomon Islands. It is a slender, large-eyed, non-venomous, diurnal snake, which grows up to 1.2 m in length and is greenish, brown, or greyish above with a cream or yellow belly.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Northern Tree Snake being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Dendrelaphis inornatus
• Dendrelaphis ngansonensis
• Dendrelaphis philippinensis
• Dendrelaphis schokari
• Dendrelaphis chairecacos
• Dendrelaphis grandoculis

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Dendrelaphis

Species

Dendrelaphis calligaster

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