Corallus grenadensis

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Corallus grenadensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus: Corallus
Species:
C. grenadensis
Binomial name
Corallus grenadensis
(Barbour, 1914)
Synonyms [2]
  • Boa grenadensisBarbour, 1914
  • Corallus grenadensis(Barbour, 1914)

Corallus grenadensis, also known as the Grenada tree boa or Grenada Bank tree boa, is a boa species found in Grenada. [2] No subspecies are currently recognized. [2] [3] Like all other boas, it is not venomous.

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Description

A species with a variable color pattern, it is found in a wide range of habitats, but is mainly encountered in drier scrublands and wet rainforests. Rarely found in captivity. [4]

Geographic range

Found in the Grenadines, including Bequia Island, Ile Quatre, Baliceaux, Mustique, Canouan, Mayreau, Union Island and Carriacou and Grenada. [5] The type locality given is "St. George's, Grenada." [2] [5]

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References

  1. Henderson, R.W. & Powell, R. (2021). "Corallus grenadensis [sic]". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44580027/44580035. Downloaded on 11 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Corallus grenadensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 October 2018.
  3. "Corallus grenadensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  4. Stafford, Peter J. & Robert W. Henderson (1996). Kaleidoscopic Tree Boas: The Genus Corallus of Tropical America. Krieger Publishing Company. ISBN   0-89464-975-2 . Retrieved 2007-05-19.
  5. 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).