A greenish semi-arboreal SE Asian snake that can glide down from a tree in a stiff horizontal position, with the belly hollowed to slow its descent.
飞蛇，金花蛇
Chrysopelea ornata, family Colubridae
Example sentencesExamples
Fully grown flying snakes vary in length from 1 to 1.75 m.
There are five species of flying snakes, all of the genus Chrysopelea.
Like most other snakes, a flying snake is roughly circular in cross section.
Join us each day for stories about serpents, from flying snakes to Vietnamese cobras and North American copperheads.
Like more familiar gliders, such as flying squirrels, flying snakes are not actually able to fly upward.
Definition of flying snake in US English:
flying snake
noun
A greenish semiarboreal Southeast Asian snake that can glide down from a tree in a stiff horizontal position, with the belly hollowed to slow its descent.
飞蛇，金花蛇
Chrysopelea ornata, family Colubridae
Example sentencesExamples
Join us each day for stories about serpents, from flying snakes to Vietnamese cobras and North American copperheads.
Like most other snakes, a flying snake is roughly circular in cross section.
There are five species of flying snakes, all of the genus Chrysopelea.
Fully grown flying snakes vary in length from 1 to 1.75 m.
Like more familiar gliders, such as flying squirrels, flying snakes are not actually able to fly upward.