Snake charming charmers may also use Russell's vipers. Indian and Burmese pythons, and even mangrove snakes are also encountered, though they are not as popular. In North Africa, the Egyptian cobra, puff adder, carpet viper and horned desert viper are commonly featured in performances. Except for the pythons and mangrove snakes, all of these species are highly venomous. At home, snake charmers keep their animals in containers such as baskets, boxes, pots, or sacks. For safety, some North African snake charmers stitch closed the mouth of their performing snakes, leaving just enough opening for the animal to be able to move its
Banded flying snake Banded flying snake The twin-barred tree snake ("Chrysopelea pelias") is a species of snake found in Southeast Asia. It is also called the banded flying snake. It can glide, as with all species of its genus "Chrysopelea", by stretching the body into a flattened strip using its ribs. It is mostly found in moist forests and can cover a horizontal distance of about 100 metres in a glide from the top of a tree. It is an oviparous snake. "Chrysopelea pelias" has an overlapping range with the paradise tree snake ("Chrysopelea paradisi") in Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo and Indonesia. However, "Chrysopelea