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title: "Elegant Bronzeback"
description: "Dendrelaphis formosus — Rettili. Dendrelaphis formosus, commonly known as either the elegant bronzeback or beautiful bronzeback tree snake, is a snake species in the family Colubridae from Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/elegant-bronzeback
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Elegant Bronzeback

> Dendrelaphis formosus — Rettili. Dendrelaphis formosus, commonly known as either the elegant bronzeback or beautiful bronzeback tree snake, is a snake species in the family Colubridae from Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Dendrelaphis formosus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 638
- Wikidata: [Q3022312](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3022312)
- iNaturalist taxon: [26696](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/26696)

## Names

- en: Elegant Bronzeback
- de: Elegante Bronzenatter

## Countries with the most observations

MY (210), ID (173), SG (138), TH (80)

## Summary

Dendrelaphis formosus, commonly known as either the elegant bronzeback or beautiful bronzeback tree snake, is a snake species in the family Colubridae from Southeast Asia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrelaphis_formosus

## Photo

![Elegant Bronzeback](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/elegant-bronzeback/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carey_Knox_Southern_Scales · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/237049109

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/elegant-bronzeback?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).