Corallus blombergi

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Corallus blombergi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus: Corallus
Species:
C. blombergi
Binomial name
Corallus blombergi
(Rendahl & Vestergren, 1940)
Synonyms
  • Boa annulata blombergi - Rendahl & Vestergren, 1941
  • [Corallus annulata] blombergi - Peters, 1957
  • Corallus annulatus blombergi - Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970 [1]

Corallus blombergi, the Ecuadorian annulated tree boa, is a boa species [1] found in Pacific Ecuador.

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Description

Medium-sized, not much is known about its natural history. [2]

Taxonomy

Regarded as a full species, C. blombergi, by some experts, primarily due to its significantly different bone morphology, color and scalation.

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<i>Corallus</i> Genus of snakes

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<i>Corallus cropanii</i> Species of snake

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<i>Corallus batesii</i> Species of snake

Corallus batesii, also known commonly as the Amazon Basin emerald tree boa, is a species of snake in the subfamily Boinae of the family Boidae. The species is native to the tropical rainforests of South America. This species was revalidated from the synonymy of Corallus caninus by Henderson and colleagues in 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nosy Komba ground boa</span> Species of snake

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References

  1. 1 2 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN   1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN   1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. Stafford PJ, Henderson RJ. 1996. Kaleidoscopic Tree Boas: The Genus Corallus of Tropical America. Krieger Publishing Company. 120 pp. ISBN   0-89464-975-2.

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