Bronzeback snake Dendrelaphis pictus displaced in Assam floods, flowing water reflecting on belly

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Dendrelaphis pictus, the common bronzeback, painted bronzeback, or Indonesian bronzeback, is a species of snake found in Southeast Asia and India. This non-venomous snake is arboreal and active by day, and is usually found hunting for small lizards in the trees. A Dendrelaphis pictus or Bronzeback snake is displaced in Assam floods, with flowing water reflcting on its belly. 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