Green Tree Snake

By: Tommy

As we take small steps in the rain forest looking up at the trees stepping on leaves looking for the snake also known as green tree snake.

Physical characteristics

Scientific name Dendrelaphis Punctulata the green tree snake can be as long to 6 feet they are mostly green they can change

to black and olive green their skin is scaly and sometimes slimy they stick there tongue out to smell a scent not smelling the air they move by slithering and very common.

Habitat

it’s habitat is Australian rain forest it’s Shelter is The rain forest they like nice cold air they really like rain we would freeze in shorts and short sleeve shirts i'm glad i'm not that.

Diet it eats frogs,water, skins small reptiles and mammals and turtle hatch lings geckos, small fish and some snakes and their young rarely and other snakes.

Young

look like a small greenish yellowish snake they are born by egg you can not see at all the way eggs come out they just come out young eat everything old do just smaller except snakes and turtle hatch lings.

Predators

pythons and snakes lizards and anything bigger than it.

Cool facts it can change colors between green black and olive green.

Related speciespython, reptiles, lizards, and snakes.

Conclusion

green tree snakes they are common in Australia

and they are harmless to humans

Cool facts it can change colors between green black and olive green

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