Photo of a Bates' Tree Boa (Corallus batesii)
Photo: littlecricket, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist
Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Constrictor
Type
Boa
Family
Boidae
Genus
Corallus
Continents
South America
Countries
5
How common
Common

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About

Bates' Tree Boa (Corallus batesii) is a non-venomous boa of the family Boidae, found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 17 more. Common: recorded in 80 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

Related snakes

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