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Higher TaxaColubridae, Ahaetuliinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesChrysopelea paradisi paradisi BOIE 1827
Chrysopelea paradisi celebensis MERTENS 1968
Chrysopelea paradisi variabilis MERTENS 1968 
Common NamesE: Paradise Tree Snake, (Paradise Flying Snake
G: Paradies-Schmuckbaumnatter 
SynonymChrysopelea paradisi H. BOIE in F. BOIE 1827
Chrysopelea paradisi paradisi — MERTENS 1968
Chrysopelea ornata — BOIE 1827 (nec Coluber ornatus SHAW 1802)
Dendrophis ornata (partim) — SCHLEGEL 1837
Leptophis ornatus var. (partim) — CANTOR 1847
Chrysopelea paradisi — SMITH 1943
Chrysopelea paradisi — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 333
Chrysopelea paradisi — COX et al. 1998: 67
Chrysopelea paradisi paradisi — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 161
Chrysopelea paradisi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 168
Chrysopelea paradise — JANIAWATI et al. 2016 (in error)

Chrysopelea paradisi celebensis MERTENS 1968
Chrysopelea paradisi celebensis MERTENS 1968: 206
Chrysopelea paradisi celebensis — DE LANG & VOGEL 2005
Chrysopelea paradisi celebensis — ISKANDAR & ERDELEN 2006
Chrysopelea paradisi celebensis — WANGER et al. 2011
Chrysopelea paradisi celebensis — KOCH 2012: 268

Chrysopelea paradisi variabilis MERTENS 1968
Chrysopelea paradisi variabilis MERTENS 1968: 204
Chrysopelea paradisi variabilis — GAULKE 2012
Chrysopelea paradisi variabilis — GAULKE 2019: 49
Chrysopelea paradisi variabilis — MAGLANGIT et al. 2021 
DistributionThailand (incl. Phuket)
Indonesia (Bangka, Belitung, Java, Mentawai Archipelago, Natuna Archipelago, Nias, Riau Archipelago, Sumatra, We, Borneo, Sulawesi, Bali);
Brunei Darussalam; India (Andaman Islands);
Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia, Pulau Pangkor);
Myanmar (Burma)
Philippines (including Sulu Archipelago, Negros Oriental, Panay, Luzon, Cebu, Agusan del Norte, Dinagat Island);
Singapore

celebensis: Indonesia (Sulawesi).

variabilis: Philippines (including Sulu Archipelago, Panay)

Type locality: Java  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesNeotype: RMNH 885, female (H.Boie and Macklot, 1826), designated by Mertens, 1968b: 203.
Holotype: NMBA (Basel) 5074, female [celebensis]
Holotype: SMF 20281, male [variabilis] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1478 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentThis species was considered a synonym of Chrysopelea ornata (Shaw, 1802) by Schlegel (1837: 235). Most subsequent authors followed him, until Smith (1943: 254) showed that these taxa were distinct species.

Behavior: this is a species that can “glide”. See URL to The Scientist.

Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyNamed after the Latin “paradisus” or Greek “paradeisos” = park (the holotype was probably found in a park). Thus, the name is only indirectly related to “paradise”. 
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