- Corallus cookii
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Corallus cookii Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Boidae Subfamily: Boinae Genus: Corallus Species: C. cookii Binomial name Corallus cookii
Gray, 1842Synonyms - Corallus Cookii - Gray, 1842
- Corallus hortulanus Melanea - Gray, 1849
- Corallus cookii - Boulenger, 1893
- Boa cooki - Ihering, 1911
- Boa cooki - Griffin, 1916
- Boa enydris cookii - Stull, 1935
- Boa cookii - Stull, 1935
- Corallus enydris cookii - Forcart, 1951
- Corallus hortulanus cookii - Roze, 1966
- Corallus hortulanus cooki - Stafford & Henderson, 1996
- Corallus cooki - Henderson, 1997[1]
- Common names: Cook's tree boa.[2]
Corallus cookii is a non-venomous boa species endemic to the island of St. Vincent in the Caribbean. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]
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Description
Similar to C. hortulanus and C. grenadensis, only smaller, with adults reaching a total length at 5 feet (152 cm) and being mainly gray or brown in color. Not more than a few specimens exist in captivity.[3]
Geographic range
Endemic to the island of St. Vincent in the Caribbean. Known only from a few locations on the island. The type locality given is "West Indies." Restricted to "St. Vincent" by Henderson (1997).[1]
See also
- List of boine species and subspecies
- Boinae by common name
- Boinae by taxonomic synonyms
References
- ^ a b 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).
- ^ a b "Corallus cookii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=563917. Retrieved 14 July 2008.
- ^ Stafford PJ, Henderson RJ. 1996. Kaleidoscopic Tree Boas: The Genus Corallus of Tropical America. Krieger Publishing Company. 120 pp. ISBN 0894649752.
Further reading
- Henderson RW. 1997. A Taxonomic Review of the Corallus hortulanus Complex of Neotropical Tree Boas. Carib. J. Sci. 33 (3-4): 198-221.
External links
- Corallus cookii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 July 2008.
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