Corallus ruschenbergerii
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Corallus ruschenbergerii, commonly known as the Central American tree boa, common tree boa, and Trinidad tree boa, is a boa species found in lower Central America and northern South America. No subspecies are currently recognized.[1][2] Like all boas, it is not venomous.
Etymology
The specific name, ruschenbergerii, is in honor of William Ruschenberger, who was a United States Navy surgeon.[3]
Description
Corallus ruschenbergerii is one of the largest members of the genus Corallus with adults reaching up to Script error: No such module "convert". in total length (including tail). The colors are typically shades of yellow, brown or gray, although populations on Trinidad and Tobago are often a patternless pure bronze.[4]
Geographic range
Corallus ruschenbergerii is found in Lower Central America in southwestern Costa Rica (south of 10° N) and Panama, including Isla del Rey, Isla Contadora, Isla de Cébaco and Isla Suscantupu. In South America it occurs in Colombia east of the Andes, north of the Cordillera Central and north of the Cordillera Oriental, northern Venezuela north of the Cordillera de Mérida and in the drainage of the Río Orinoco, north and west of the Guiana Shield, east of the Orinoco Delta. It is also found on Isla Margarita, Trinidad and Tobago. The type locality given is "Panama".[5][1]
Habitat
Corallus ruschenbergerii is a relatively common species found in wide range of habitats from near sea level to about Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level: mangroves, riparian forests, wet and dry lowland forests, tree-lined savanna, and palm groves. It is nocturnal.[6]
Feeding
The primary diet of C. ruschenbergerii consists of rodents and other small mammals (such as bats and mouse opossums), as well as lizards, frogs and birds.[4][7][8]
Captivity
Still fairly rare in captivity, C. ruschenbergerii is only recently becoming more common in the United States.[4]
References
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- ↑ a b Corallus ruschenbergerii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 February 2017.
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- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Corallus ruschenbergerii, p. 229).
- ↑ a b c Stafford PJ, Henderson RW (1996). Kaleidoscopic Tree Boas: The Genus Corallus of Tropical America. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 120 pp. Template:ISBN.
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Further reading
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- Cope ED (1875). "On the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica". J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Second Series 8: 93-154. (Xiphosoma ruschenbergerii, new species, p. 129).
- Henderson RW (1997). "A Taxonomic Review of the Corallus hortulanus Complex of Neotropical Tree Boas". Caribbean J. Sci. 33 (3-4): 198-221.
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- Corallus
- Snakes of Central America
- Snakes of South America
- Snakes of the Caribbean
- Reptiles of Colombia
- Reptiles of Costa Rica
- Reptiles of Panama
- Reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago
- Reptiles of Venezuela
- Reptiles described in 1875
- Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope