Corallus batesii
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| 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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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.[3][4]
Taxonomy and etymology
[edit | edit source]English naturalist John Edward Gray originally described this species as Chrysenis batesii in 1860.[5] The specific name, batesii, is in honor of Henry Walter Bates, an English naturalist and explorer, for whom Batesian mimicry is also named.[6]
Description
[edit | edit source]The Amazon Basin emerald tree boa has a yellow belly. The dorsum is dark green with an enamel-white vertebral stripe, which has confluent partial crossbars, often bordered by some black spots. C. batesii differs from C. caninus by the shape and the number of scales across the snout. C. batesii is bigger than C. caninus, growing to a total length (including tail) approaching 9 feet (2.7 m).[7]
Behavior
[edit | edit source]Corallus batesii is arboreal, and it is both diurnal and nocturnal.[1]
Diet
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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
[edit | edit source]Corallus batesii is ovoviviparous.[1]
Geographic range and habitat
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c d e Rivas G, Gutiérrez-Cárdenas P, Caicedo J, Hoogmoed M, Gagliardi G, Cisneros-Heredia DF, Nogueira C, Gonzales L (2016). "Corallus batesi [sic]". The 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.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (series). Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (volume).
- ^ a b Corallus batesii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 July 2016.
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- ^ 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).
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Corallus batesii, p. 19).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ 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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