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title: "Painted Bronzeback"
description: "Dendrelaphis pictus — Reptielen. Dendrelaphis pictus, commonly known as either the common bronzeback, painted bronzeback, or Indonesian bronzeback, is a species of colubrid snake found in Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/painted-bronzeback
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Painted Bronzeback

> Dendrelaphis pictus — Reptielen. Dendrelaphis pictus, commonly known as either the common bronzeback, painted bronzeback, or  Indonesian bronzeback, is a species of colubrid snake found in Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Dendrelaphis pictus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 3648
- Wikidata: [Q29500](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29500)
- iNaturalist taxon: [26644](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/26644)

## Names

- en: Painted Bronzeback
- de: Gefleckte Bronzenatter
- pl: Dendrelaf plamisty

## Countries with the most observations

ID (1366), SG (892), MY (455), TH (449), VN (59), KH (58), LA (22), CN (20), MM (6), BN (4)

## Summary

Dendrelaphis pictus, commonly known as either the common bronzeback, painted bronzeback, or  Indonesian bronzeback, is a species of colubrid snake found in Southeast Asia.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/263934439

## Machine access

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