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Colubridae

Paradise Flying Snake

Chrysopelea paradisiงูเขียวร่อน

Traceable. The figures above appear in the page we cite, which we opened on 10 Aug 2026. That means you can check them, not that we have confirmed they are right. reptiletalk.net

Photograph: Alan Couch · CC BY

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

National law is not global, and we hold no national wildlife law for any country, Thailand included. Check your own authority before buying or selling.

Check your setup against this sheet I keep one 123 plants usable with this species
Back to the globe My keep

https://keepr.pet/husbandry/en/chrysopelea-paradisi

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warm end30–31 °C
cool end25–27 °C

The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C
25–27°Cool side
30–31°Warm side

A real gradient, 30–31°C warm against 25–27°C cool, so the animal chooses. The sheet states no separate night figure.

Why

Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet stateswarm 30-31 °C / cool 25-27 °C

UVB

Not needed for this species

Stated in the sheet, not inferred.

The sheet states'lighting is not absolutely necessary' - non indispensable [reptiletalk]

Identity

Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Temperature
warm 30–31 °C / cool 25–27 °C

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Common questions

Is it venomous?

Yes, mildly, as a rear-fanged snake. It rarely bites but you should treat it with respect.

Will it escape?

It is one of the best escape artists we stock. Every gap and hinge on the enclosure needs checking.

What does it eat?

Small lizards and geckos, sometimes frogs. A reliable lizard supply is essential before you buy.

Can I handle it?

Not really. It is fast, nervous and slips away in a second. It is a display animal.

What it needs

A heat sourcebecause temp — warm 30-31 °C / cool 25-27 °C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — warm 30-31 °C / cool 25-27 °C
A thermometerbecause temp — warm 30-31 °C / cool 25-27 °C
No UVB: the sheet states none is neededbecause uvb — 'lighting is not absolutely necessary' - non indispensable [reptiletalk]
Not stated: The size of the enclosurethis sheet states no size

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation. What the sheet does not state is listed too, rather than left out: a kit that looks complete is worse than one that names its gap.

Sources

reptiletalk.net — lu le 2026-08-04dmexotics.com — lu le 2026-08-04batraciens-reptiles.com — lu le 2026-08-04GBIF distribution (checklist range) — read 2026-08-09

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What this sheet states

46%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 3 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: humidity instrument and audit, enclosure size audit, day/night engine and awake count on the globe, the diet section. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.