Corallus batesii
Corallus batesii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Boidae |
Genus: | Corallus |
Species: | C. batesii
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Binomial name | |
Corallus batesii (Gray, 1860)
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Synonyms | |
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Corallus batesii, also known
Taxonomy and etymology
English naturalist
Description
The Amazon Basin emerald tree boa has a yellow belly. The
Behavior
Corallus batesii is arboreal, and it is both diurnal and nocturnal.[1]
Diet
Corallus batesii is capable of hunting small airborne prey, such as bats and birds, as well as rodents, opossums, lizards (including Thecadactylus solimoensis), and other snakes (including Bothrops atrox).[1][8]
Reproduction
Corallus batesii is ovoviviparous.[1]
Geographic range and habitat
Corallus batesii, the "Amazon Basin species", as the common name suggests, is only found in the basin of the Amazon River, in southern Suriname, southern Venezuela to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil and in the surrounding jungles of the Amazon River.[9] It is found at elevations from sea level to 1,000 m (3,300 ft).[1]
References
- ^ IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T203207A2762173.en. Downloaded on 11 June 2021.
- ISBN 1-893777-01-4(volume).
- ^ a b Corallus batesii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 July 2016.
- ^ "Corallus batesii ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ Gray JE (1860). "Description of a New Genus of Boidæ discovered by Mr. Bates on the Upper Amazon". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Third Series 6: 131-132. (Chrysenis batesii, new species). (original text).
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Corallus batesii, p. 19).
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- ^ https://www.reptilesofecuador.com/corallus_batesii.html
- ^ Bernarde PS, Albuquerque S, Barros TO, Turci LCB (2012). "Serpentes do Estado de Rondônia, Brasil ". Biota neotrop. 12 (3): 1-29. (in Portuguese, with an abstract in English).
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