Corallus ruschenbergerii

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Central American Tree Boa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Subfamily: Boinae
Genus: Corallus
Species: C. ruschenbergerii
Binomial name
Corallus ruschenbergerii
(Cope, 1876)

Central American Tree Boa (Corallus ruschenbergerii) or Trinidad Tree Boa is a species of tree boa ranging from Costa Rica to northern Colombia, Venezuela and on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. They are one of the largest species of Corallus, adults reaching length up to 2 meters. The colors are typically shades of yellow, brown or gray, only populations on Trinidad & Tobago are often patternless pure bronze. Their primary diet consists on rodents and other small mammals as well as birds and bats. They are fairly rare in captivity only recently becoming more common in the United States.[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.