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<p>We describe the courtship behavior of the Paradise Flying Snake, <em>Chrysopelea paradisi</em>, from a series of images taken near Sandakan, eastern Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. During the episode observed, four males moved together with a female in various states of entanglement, traveling at ground level and into a series of bushes.  The observations took place over the course of a 30-min period until the snakes were lost to view.  Our report is the first direct observation of mating behavior in <em>C. paradisi</em> in the wild and provides another rare glimpse of the multi-male courtship in Southeast Asian colubrids.</p><div> </div>