Tangled skeins: a first report of non-captive mating behavior in the Southeast Asian Paradise Flying Snake (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae: Chrysopelea paradisi)

Tangled skeins: a first report of non-captive mating behavior in the Southeast Asian Paradise Flying Snake (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae: Chrysopelea paradisi)

<p>We describe the courtship behavior of the Paradise Flying Snake, <em>Chrysopelea paradisi</em>, from a series of images taken near Sandakan, eastern Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. During the episode observed, four males moved together with a female in various states of entanglement, t...

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Main Authors: Hinrich Kaiser, Johnny Lim, Heike Worth, Mark O’Shea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2016-02-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
Subjects:
Borneo
Chrysopelea paradisi
Colubridae
Malaysia
mating behavior
multi-male courtship
Sabah.
Online Access:http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2440

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