Photo of a Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus)
Photo: Sébastien SANT, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Emerald Tree Boa

Corallus caninus

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Constrictor
Type
Boa
Family
Boidae
Genus
Corallus
Continents
South America
Countries
8
How common
Common

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About

Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus) is a non-venomous boa of the family Boidae, found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana and 3 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 9 more. Common: recorded in 91 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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