Range: South East Asia

Habitat: Heavily forested, tropical forest

Natural Diet: Rodents, small birds, lizards

Diet at Rain Forest: Rodents 

Size: 18-36" inches

Keeper Notes:   This small, arboreal snake is cryptically colored and extremely thin.  This combination of adaptations allow the animal to hunt in the trees for it's favorite prey, birds.

 Caudal luring is also used by this species of snake to lure in unsuspecting dinner items.  The tail is usually rust or light red colored, by slowly moving the tail the snake can trick an unsuspecting prey item into striking range.  An unsuspecting bird or small lizard may venture to close to the snake while attempting to eat the "moving worm" which is actually the snakes tail. 

Status in Wild: Stable in most parts of it's range