Emerald Tree Boa is a nonvenomous boa native to the rainforests of northern South America, including Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Suriname and the Guianas. Adults display emerald green coloration with white zigzag markings and grow to about 6 feet long, while juveniles are born brick-red or orange and change color to green over roughly a year; the species possesses unusually large front teeth for a non-venomous snake and closely resembles the unrelated green tree python through convergent evolution.
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Classification
System (Realm) Relationship to People Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Boidae, Taxa Source Emerald Tree Boa (Wikidata)
In Biome
Source Wikipedia: Emerald Tree Boa
In Ecosystem
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Corallus caninus
In the Other Atlases
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Corallus caninus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyPrimary Diet, Corallus caninus
Primary Diet carnivore carnivore
Habitat Regions, Corallus caninus
Habitat Regions tropical tropical terrestrial terrestrial
Economic Importance for Humans: Positive Impacts
Positive Impacts pet trade pet trade
In Ecosystem: Amazon Rainforest, Geographic Range
Emerald tree boas are found in lowland tropical rainforests in the Amazonian and Guianan regions of South America.
View the Source 2. Emerald Tree Boa (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q620592 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Boidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source 3. Wikipedia: Emerald Tree Boa
WikipediaArticle text
Trade of the species is controlled internationally under CITES Appendix II.
Infobox: status
LC
In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Lead section
The emerald tree boa (Corallus caninus) is a boa species found in the rainforests of South America.
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