Golden Flying Snake

The Golden Flying Snake is one of the most remarkable snakes in India — capable of controlled gliding through the air by launching itself from trees and flattening its body to form a concave wing shape. It can glide distances of up to 10 meters between trees.

This beautiful, slender snake has intricate black and greenish-yellow ornate patterns that give it a jewel-like appearance. Growing up to 1.3 meters, it is the most ornately patterned of the five known flying snake species.

The Golden Flying Snake is mildly venomous through rear fangs but poses no threat to humans. It feeds on lizards (especially geckos), tree frogs, birds, and bats. Found in tropical and subtropical forests of India, this arboreal species is a spectacular example of evolutionary adaptation.