Which snake can fly?

Answer 1

No snakes truly 'fly' - They lack the facility to sustain any form of powered flight. HOWEVER - there IS at least one species that flattens its body and glides from tree to tree. See related link for more details.

Answer 2

Flying snakes are a small group of species of tree snakes that live in South and Southeast Asia. At rest they appear unremarkable, but on the move they're able to take to the air by jumping from the tree, flattening the entire body, and gliding or parachuting to the ground or another tree.

feathers will not make the animal fly on their own, contra proposals

about *Longisquama*'s supposed aeronautical ability.

models be tested on the

aerodynamics of a structure and system as is found in *Longisquama*'s

holotype. The problem here is a radiating, non-overlapping set of vanes

with little assymmetry and distal inflection that correspond to no known

flight structure. This does not mean they couldn't fly, but that

conventional theory doesn't hold for them, and any true testing should be

mechanical and practical in nature.

Answer 3

No snake can actually fly, but some snakes like the paradise tree snake can glide through the air by flattening their bodies and using a side-to-side motion to create lift. This behavior is more accurately described as gliding rather than flying.

Answer 4

They are snakes that live in Indonesia that glides from tree to tree.