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Colubridae

Golden Tree Snake

Chrysopelea ornataงูเขียวพระอินทร์

Narrower than the page we cite. The source we cite, read on 10 Aug 2026, gives a wider range than the one above. The narrowing is ours and nobody here has written down why. mascotarios.org

Photograph: Arthur Whiting · CC BY

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warm end30 °C
cool end26–29 °C
Humidity70–80 %
Enclosure80×60×80
Golden Tree Snake (Chrysopelea ornata), photographed in the wild
Photograph · Apichart Songsangchun · CC BY

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C
26–29°Cool side
30°Warm side
22–24°Night

Day: a real gradient, 30°C warm against 26–29°C cool, so the animal chooses. Night: 22–24°C.

Why

Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet stateswarm 30 °C / cool 26-29 °C / night 22-24 °C

Humidity

70–80%Target RH

The sheet states70-80 %

Diet
Lizards, rodents, young birds

Identity

Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

30 °C70–80 % RH80 cm80 cm
warm side
50100150200 cm
80 × 60 × 80 cmWidth × depth × height
48dm² of floor
Substrate: not in our dataWater: not in our dataHides: not in our dataUVB: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet states80 x 60 x 80 cm [mascotarios] ; 60 x 40 x 70 cm minimum [batraciens-reptiles]

Temperature
warm 30 °C / cool 26–29 °C / night 22–24 °C
Humidity
70–80%

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Common questions

Is it venomous?

Rear-fanged with mild venom. Bites are rare because it flees first, but it is not a harmless snake.

Does it really fly?

It glides between trees in the wild. In an enclosure it climbs and leaps, so the lid must lock properly.

What does it eat?

Geckos and small lizards mainly. Some individuals switch to other food but many simply refuse.

Is it hard to keep?

Yes. Escape-prone, high-strung and usually wild-caught. Not a first or second snake.

What it needs

Enclosure at least 80 × 60 × 80 cmbecause enclosure — 80 x 60 x 80 cm [mascotarios] ; 60 x 40 x 70 cm minimum [batraciens-reptiles]
A heat sourcebecause temp — warm 30 °C / cool 26-29 °C / night 22-24 °C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — warm 30 °C / cool 26-29 °C / night 22-24 °C
A thermometerbecause temp — warm 30 °C / cool 26-29 °C / night 22-24 °C
A way to check the night figurebecause temp — warm 30 °C / cool 26-29 °C / night 22-24 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 70-80 %

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

Sources

mascotarios.org — lu le 2026-08-04batraciens-reptiles.com — lu le 2026-08-04gbif.org — lu le 2026-08-08

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What this sheet states

77%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 5 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe, the diet section. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.