Emerald tree boa

Emerald tree boa
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Boidae
Genus:	Corallus
Species:	C. caninus
Binomial name
	Corallus caninus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	[Boa] canina Linnaeus, 1758; [Boa] Hipnale Linnaeus, 1758; Boa thalassina Laurenti, 1768; Boa aurantiaca Laurenti, 1768; Boa exigua Laurenti, 1768; Xiphosoma araramboya ; Wagler, 1824; Xiphosoma canina — Fitzinger, 1843; Xiphosoma caninum ; — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844; Corallus caninus — Boulenger, 1893; Boa canina — Amaral, 1825; Corallus caninus ; — J.A. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970;

The emerald tree boa (Corallus caninus) is a boa species found in the rainforests of South America. Since 2009 the species Corallus batesii has been distinguished from the emerald tree boa. Like all other boas, it is nonvenomous.

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