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{{Speciesbox
| name = Wall's bronzeback
| image = Dendrelaphis cyanochloris, Blue bronzeback.jpg
| image_caption = Dendrelaphis cyanochloris
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Richman, N. |author2=Böhm, M. |date=2010 |title=''Dendrelaphis cyanochloris'' |volume=2010 |page=e.T176783A7303949 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176783A7303949.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Dendrelaphis
| species = cyanochloris
| authority = ([[Frank Wall (herpetologist)|Wall]], 1921)
| synonyms =* ''Dendrophis pictus'' <small>Wall, 1921</small>
* ''Ahaetulla cyanochloris'' <small>Wall, 1921</small>
* ''Dendrophis boiga'' subspecies ''cyanochloris'' <small>Wall, 1921</small>
* ''Dendrophis pictus'' subspecies ''cyanochloris''<small>Wall, 1921</small>
}}

'''''Dendrelaphis cyanochloris''''', [[common name|commonly]] known as '''Wall's bronzeback''' or the '''blue bronzeback''', is a [[species]] of [[colubrid]] [[snake]] found in [[Southeast Asia]].

==Taxonomy==
''Dendrelaphis cyanochloris'' belongs to the [[genus]] ''[[Dendrelaphis]]'', which contains 48 other [[scientific description|described]] species.<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Dendrelaphis}}.</ref> ''D. cyanochloris'' is most closely related to ''[[Dendrelaphis ngansonensis]]'', and together the two might form a [[species complex]].<ref name=NRDB/>

''Dendrelaphis'' is one of five genera belonging to the vine snake [[subfamily]] [[Ahaetuliinae]], of which ''Dendrelaphis'' is most closely related to ''[[Chrysopelea]]'', as shown in the [[cladogram]] below:<ref name="Mallik2019">{{Cite journal |last1=Mallik |first1=Ashok Kumar |last2=Achyuthan |first2=N. Srikanthan  |last3=Ganesh |first3=Sumaithangi R.  |last4=Pal |first4=Saunak P.  |last5=Vijayakumar |first5=S. P. |last6=Shanker |first6=Kartik |date=27 July 2019 |title=Discovery of a deeply divergent new lineage of vine snake (Colubridae: Ahaetuliinae: ''Proahaetulla'' gen. nov.) from the southern Western Ghats of Peninsular India with a revised key for Ahaetuliinae |journal=[[PLOS ONE]] |language=en |volume=14 |issue=7 |pages=e0218851 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0218851 |pmid=31314800 |pmc=6636718 |issn=1932-6203 |bibcode=2019PLoSO..1418851M |doi-access=free}}</ref>
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 |label1=[[Ahaetuliinae]]
 |1={{clade
  |label1=sharp-nosed snakes
  |1={{clade
   |1={{clade
    |1=''[[Ahaetulla]]''
    |2=''[[Proahaetulla]]'' }}
   |2=''[[Dryophiops]]'' }}
  |label2=broad-nosed snakes
  |2={{clade
   |label1=''[[Dendrelaphis]]''
   |1={{clade
    |1={{clade
     |1={{clade
      |1={{clade
       |1={{clade
        |1=''[[Dendrelaphis marenae]]''
        |2=''[[Dendrelaphis haasi]]'' }}
       |2=''[[Dendrelaphis pictus]]'' }}
      |2={{clade
       |1={{clade
        |1=''[[Dendrelaphis ngansonensis]]''
        |2='''''Dendrelaphis cyanochloris''''' }}
       |2=''[[Dendrelaphis striatus]]'' }} }}
     |2=''[[Dendrelaphis formosus]]'' }}
    |2={{clade
     |1={{clade
      |1={{clade
       |1=''[[Dendrelaphis tristis]]''
       |2=''[[Dendrelaphis subocularis]]'' }}
      |2=''[[Dendrelaphis schokari]]'' }}
     |2={{clade
      |1=''[[Dendrelaphis fuliginosus]]''
      |2=''[[Dendrelaphis caudolineatus]]'' }} }} }}
   |2=''[[Chrysopelea]]'' }} }} }}

==Distribution==
The species occurs in India ([[Assam]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]] (Namdapha - Changlang district);  [[Andaman Islands]], northern parts of [[West Bengal]]), [[Bangladesh]], [[Myanmar]], southern [[Thailand]], and western [[Malaysia]] ([[Pulau Pinang]], [[Pahang]], [[Pulau Tioman]]), possibly also in [[Bhutan]]. It is predominantly arboreal and inhabits primary and mature secondary lowland rainforest, at altitudes of up to 1,000 m.<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /><ref name=NRDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Dendrelaphis|species=cyanochloris|date=28 July|year=2022}}</ref>

==Behavior==
[[File:Wall's Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis cyanochloris) (Detail of the dorsal scales) (8687722041).jpg|thumb|closeup of dorsal scales]]
Like other bronzebacks, this snake is [[diurnality|diurnal]] and fully [[arboreal]], and has [[oviparous]] reproduction.<ref name=NRDB/>

==Conservation==
Common and widespread, Wall's bronzeback is currently classified as [[least-concern species|Least Concern]] by the [[IUCN]], although it is likely impacted by localized [[habitat loss]] and degradation from [[agricultural expansion]] and logging.<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" />

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Das, I. 1999 Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Ota,H. (ed) Tropical Island herpetofauna.., Elsevier, pp.&nbsp;43–77
* Wall. F. 1921 Remarks on the Indian species of ''Dendrophis'' and ''Dendrelaphis''. Rec. Ind. Mus. Calcutta, 22: 151 - 162

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[[Category:Dendrelaphis|cyanochloris]]
[[Category:Least concern biota of Asia]]
[[Category:Snakes of Southeast Asia]]
[[Category:Reptiles of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Reptiles of India]]
[[Category:Reptiles of Malaysia]]
[[Category:Reptiles of Myanmar]]
[[Category:Reptiles of Thailand]]
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1921]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Frank Wall]]


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