Corallus cookii

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Cook's Tree Boa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Subfamily: Boinae
Genus: Corallus
Species: C. cookii
Binomial name
Corallus cookii
(Gray, 1842)

Cook's Tree Boa (Corallus cookii) or Cooke's Tree Boa is a species of tree boa endemic only to tropical forests of the island of St. Vincent. They are similar to the Amazon and Grenadian Tree Boas, only smaller in size, reaching total length at 5 feet and mainly gray or brown in color. There are only a few specimens of Corallus cookii in captivity. [1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kaleidoscopic Tree Boas: The Genus Corallus of Tropical America. Peter J. Stafford and Robert W. Henderson ISBN 0894649752. Retrieved on 2007-05-19.
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