Species of Thailand
Common bronzeback
Dendrelaphis pictus
(Johann Friedrich Gmelin, 1789)
In Thai: งูสายม่านพระอินทร์ (ngu sai man pha inn)
Dendrelaphis pictus, the common bronzeback, painted bronzeback, or Indonesian bronzeback, is a species of snake found in Southeast Asia and India.
Description
In the painted bronzeback the maxillary teeth number from 23 to 26, the eye is as long as the distance between the nostril and eye. The rostral scale is more broad than deep, and is visible from above. Internasal scales are as long as, or slightly shorter than, the praefrontal scales. The frontal scale is as long as its distance from the rostral or the tip of the snout, but shorter than the parietal scales. The loreal is long and there is one preocular and two postoculars. The temporal scales are 2+2, 1+1, or 1+2. There are nine (seven or eight) upper labials, with the fifth and sixth (or fourth to sixth) entering the eye. This snake has five (four) lower labials in contact with the anterior chin shields the latter shorter than the posterior, which are separated by one anterior and two posterior scales. Scales are in 15 rows, vertebrals about as large as the outer. Ventrals number 151–204, the anal scale is divided, and subcaudals number 103–174.
The snake's colouration is olive or brown above with a yellow lateral stripe, bordered below by a dark line between the outer scales and the ventrals. A black stripe on each side of the head passes through the eye, widens or breaks up into spots, separated by bluish-green bands on the nape. The upper lip is yellow, and the lower surface yellowish or greenish. Length of head and body approximately 740 mm and the tail 440 mm.
This article uses material from Wikipedia released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike Licence 3.0. Eventual photos shown in this page may or may not be from Wikipedia, please see the license details for photos in photo by-lines.
Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Dendrelaphis
- Species
- Dendrelaphis pictus
Common names
- German:
- Gefleckte Bronzenatter
- Gemeine Bronzenatter
- English:
- Common bronzeback
- Painted bronzeback
- Indonesian bronzeback
- Thai: งูสายม่านพระอินทร์ (ngu sai man pha inn)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Photos
Please help us review our species pages if wrong photos are used or any other details in the page is wrong. We can be reached via our contact us page.
Range Map
- Ban Chang District, Rayong
- Ban Dung District, Udon Thani
- Ban Lat District, Phetchaburi
- Ban Luang District, Nan
- Ban Muang District, Sakon Nakhon
- Ban Na District, Nakhon Nayok
- Ban Phaeo District, Samut Sakhon
- Ban Phue District, Udon Thani
- Ban Thaen District, Chaiyaphum
- Bang Kapi District, Bangkok
- Bang Lamung District, Chonburi
- Bang Phra Non-Hunting Area
- Bang Yai District, Nonthaburi
- Bo Phloi District, Kanchanaburi
- Bueng Bun District, Sisaket
- Cha-Am District, Phetchaburi
- Chet Sao Noi Waterfall National Park
- Chiang Dao District, Chiang Mai
- Chiang Kham District, Phayao
- Chiang Saen District, Chiang Rai
- Chom Phra District, Surin
- Chom Thong District, Chiang Mai
- Chum Phae District, Khon Kaen
- Dan Sai District, Loei
- Det Udom District, Ubon Ratchathani
- Doi Pha Mueang Wildlife Sanctuary
- Doi Saket District, Chiang Mai
- Doi Suthep - Pui National Park
- Fang District, Chiang Mai
- Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary
- Hat Chao Mai National Park
- Hat Yai District, Songkhla
- Hua Hin District, Prachuap Khiri Khan
- Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary
- Huai Rat District, Buriram
- Kaeng Khoi District, Saraburi
- Kaeng Khro District, Chaiyaphum
- Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi
- Kaeng Krachan National Park
- Kantang District, Trang
- Kantharawichai District, Maha Sarakham
- Kaset Sombun District, Chaiyaphum
- Khao Phra Wihan National Park
- Khao Yai Da
- Khao Yai National Park
- Khlong Hoi Khong District, Songkhla
- Khlong Thom District, Krabi
- Khlong Yai District, Trat
- Khuan Khanun District, Phatthalung
- Klaeng District, Rayong
- Kui Buri District, Prachuap Khiri Khan
- Kumphawapi District, Udon Thani
- Kut Chum District, Yasothon
- Kut Khaopun District, Ubon Ratchathani
- La-ngu District, Satun
- Laem Ngop District, Trat
- Lam Luk Ka District, Pathum Thani
- Lan Sak District, Uthai Thani
- Long District, Phrae
- Mae Chaem District, Chiang Mai
- Mae Chai District, Phayao
- Mae On District, Chiang Mai
- Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai
- Mae Wa Natinoal Park
- Mae Wang District, Chiang Mai
- Min Buri District, Bangkok
- Mueang Bueng Kan District, Bueng Kan
- Mueang Buriram District, Buriram
- Mueang Chiang Rai District, Chiang Rai
- Mueang Kanchanaburi District, Kanchanaburi
- Mueang Khon Kaen District, Khon Kaen
- Mueang Krabi District, Krabi
- Mueang Lampang District, Lampang
- Mueang Lamphun District, Lamphun
- Mueang Loei District, Loei
- Mueang Mae Hong Son District, Mae Hong Son
- Mueang Mukdahan District, Mukdahan
- Mueang Nakhon Pathom District, Nakhon Pathom
- Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima District, Nakhon Ratchasima
- Mueang Nan District, Nan
- Mueang Nonthaburi District, Nonthaburi
- Mueang Pathum Thani District, Pathum Thani
- Mueang Phatthalung District, Phatthalung
- Mueang Phayao District, Phayao
- Mueang Phetchabun District, Phetchabun
- Mueang Phetchaburi District, Phetchaburi
- Mueang Phichit District, Phichit
- Mueang Prachinburi District, Prachinburi
- Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan District, Prachuap Khiri Khan
- Mueang Ratchaburi District, Ratchaburi
- Mueang Rayong District, Rayong
- Mueang Sakon Nakhon District, Sakon Nakhon
- Mueang Satun District, Satun
- Mueang Sing Buri District, Sing Buri
- Mueang Sukhothai District, Sukhothai
- Mueang Surat Thani District, Surat Thani
- Mueang Trang District, Trang
- Mueang Udon Thani District, Udon Thani
- Mueang Yala District, Yala
- Na Di District, Prachinburi
- Na Duang District, Loei
- Na Haeo District, Loei
- Na Kae District, Nakhon Phanom
- Na Yai Am District, Chanthaburi
- Na Yong District, Trang
- Nam Nao National Park
- Namtok Huai Lao Forest Park
- Namtok Sam Lan National Park
- Nikhom Nam Un District, Sakon Nakhon
- Nong Chok District, Bangkok
- Nong Han District, Udon Thani
- Nong Kung Si District, Kalasin
- Nong Plak Phra Ya – Khao Raya Bangsa Non-Hunting
- Nong Ya Plong District, Phetchaburi
- Op Khan National Park
- Pai District, Mae Hong Son
- Pak Chom District, Loei
- Pak Chong District, Nakhon Ratchasima
- Palian District, Trang
- Panare District, Pattani
- Phimai District, Nakhon Ratchasima
- Phu Foi Lom National Park
- Phu Kradueng District, Loei
- Phu Pha Man National Park
- Phu Ruea District, Loei
- Phu Sa Dok Bua National Park
- Phu Suan Sai National Park
- Phu Wiang National Park
- Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary
- Phutthamonthon District, Nakhon Pathom
- Pong District, Phayao
- Prachantakham District, Prachinburi
- Pran Buri Forest Park
- Prawet District, Bangkok
- Rattaphum District, Songkhla
- Ron Phibun District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Rong Kwang District, Phrae
- Sai Yok District, Kanchanaburi
- Sam Khok District, Pathum Thani
- San Kamphaeng District, Chiang Mai
- Sanam Chai Khet District, Chachoengsao
- Sathing Phra District, Songkhla
- Selaphum District, Roi Et
- Si Samrong District, Sukhothai
- Si Satchanalai National Park
- Sikhio District, Nakhon Ratchasima
- Sirindhorn District, Ubon Ratchathani
- Sirindhorn Peat Swamp Forest
- So Phisai District, Bueng Kan
- Song District, Phrae
- Song Khwae District, Nan
- Suan Phueng District, Ratchaburi
- Sung Noen District, Nakhon Ratchasima
- Takua Pa District, Phang Nga
- Tha Mai District, Chanthaburi
- Tha Muang District, Kanchanaburi
- Tha Takiap District, Chachoengsao
- Tha Wang Pha District, Nan
- Thale Ban National Park
- That Phanom District, Nakhon Phanom
- Thep Sathit District, Chaiyaphum
- Thepha District, Songkhla
- Thung Song District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary
- Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary
- Wang Chan District, Rayong
- Wang Nam Khiao District, Nakhon Ratchasima
- Wanon Niwat District, Sakon Nakhon
- Watthana Nakhon District, Sa Kaeo
- Wiang Kaen District, Chiang Rai
- Wiang Kosai National Park
- Yan Ta Khao District, Trang
- Yang Talat District, Kalasin
A Photographic Field Guide to the Lizards of Thailand is out now! The most comprehensive photographic guide to Thailand's lizards, featuring hundreds of species with identification and distribution information.