Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Corallus
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Tree Boas
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Hundskopfboas
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Træboaer
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1803 |  |
Corallus Daudin (type species: Corallus obtusirostris Daudin 1803) |
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1824 | |
Xiphosoma Wagler in Spix (type species: Boa canina Linnaeus 1758) |
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1860 | |
Chrysenis Gray (type species: Chrysenis batesi Gray 1860) |
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1953 | |
Xenoboa Hoge (type species: Xenoboa cropanii Hoge 1953) |
Contents:
9 species, of which 2 (22.2%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
Central America, N. and E. South America.
Reported from:
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Acre,
Alagoas,
Amapa,
Amazonas,
Bahia,
Ceara,
Espirito Santo,
Goias,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul,
Minas Gerais,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Paraiba,
Parana,
Pernambuco,
Piaui,
Rio de Janeiro
[incl.
Ilha Grande Island],
Rio Grande do Norte,
Rondonia,
Roraima,
Santa Catarina,
Sao Paulo,
Sergipe,
Tocantins),
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Ecuador,
French Guiana,
Grenada,
Guatemala,
Guyana,
Honduras,
Nicaragua,
Panama,
Peru,
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
(incl.
Union Island,
Saint Vincent),
Surinam,
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago,
Trinidad),
Venezuela
(incl.
Margarita).
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Corallus annulatus
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Annulated Tree Boa, Ringed Tree Boa
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Ringelboa
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Ringboa
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1876 | |
Xiphosoma annulatum Cope |
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Corallus annulatus Boulenger 1893 |
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Boa annulata Rendahl & Vestergren 1941 |
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1941 | |
Boa annulata colombiana Rendahl & Vestergren |
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Corallus annulata colombiana Peters 1957 |
Remarks:
Previously included blombergi (e.g., Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970). Records of annulatus from Ecuador refer to blombergi (Valencia, Arbeláez, Garzon & Picerno-Toala 2008).
Distribution:
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Nicaragua,
Panama.
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Corallus batesii
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Southern Emerald Tree Boa
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Südliche Grüne Hundskopfboa
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Sydlig Smaragdboa
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1860 | |
Chrysenis batesii Gray |
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Corallus batesii Henderson, Passos & Feitosa 2009 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of caninus (e.g., Boulenger 1893; Stimson 1969; McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999). Revalidated as a separate species by Henderson, Passos & Feitosa (2009).
Distribution:
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Acre,
Amazonas,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Para,
Rondonia,
Tocantins),
Colombia,
Ecuador,
Peru.
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Corallus batesii
© Rune Midtgaard
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Corallus blombergi
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Ecuadorian Tree Boa
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Ecuadorianische Baumboa
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Ecuadoriansk Træboa
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1941 | |
Boa annulata blombergi Rendahl & Vestergren |
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Corallus annulata blombergi Peters 1957 |
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Corallus blombergi Henderson, Höggren, Lamar & Porras 2001 |
Distribution:
Colombia,
Ecuador.
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Corallus caninus
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Northern Emerald Tree Boa, Amazonian Tree Boa, Green Tree Boa, Yellow-faced Boa, Dog Boa
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Nördliche Grüne Hundskopfboa, Grüner Hundskopfschlinger
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Nordlig Smaragdboa, Grøn Træboa
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1758 | |
Boa canina Linnaeus |
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Xiphosoma caninum Fitzinger 1826 |
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Corallus caninus Boulenger 1893 |
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Boa canina Amaral 1925 |
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1758 | |
Boa hipnale Linnaeus (Henderson, Passos & Feitosa 2009) |
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1768 | |
Boa aurantiaca Laurenti (Henderson, Passos & Feitosa 2009) |
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1768 | |
Boa exigua Laurenti (Henderson, Passos & Feitosa 2009) |
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1768 | |
Boa thalassina Laurenti (Henderson, Passos & Feitosa 2009) |
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1824 | |
Xiphosoma araramboya Wagler in Spix (Henderson, Passos & Feitosa 2009) |
Remarks:
Previously included batesii. Records from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil, south of Rio Amazonas and west of Rio Negro, refer to batesii (Henderson, Passos & Feitosa 2009).
Distribution:
Brazil
(Amapa,
Amazonas,
Para,
Roraima),
French Guiana,
Guyana,
Surinam,
Venezuela.
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Corallus cookii
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St. Vincent Tree Boa, St. Vincent Boa, Brown Tree Boa, Yellow-marbled Tree Boa, (Cook's Tree Boa)
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Cooks Boa
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Saint Vincent-træboa
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1842 | |
Corallus cookii Gray |
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Boa cooki Ihering 1911 |
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Boa enydris cooki Stull 1935 |
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Corallus enydris cookii Forcart 1951 |
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Corallus hortulanus cookii Roze 1966 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym or subspecies of enydris (now hortulana) (e.g., Stull 1935; Stimson 1969). Revalidated by Henderson (1997). Colston, Grazziotin, Shepard, Vitt, Colli, Henderson, Hedges, Bonatto, Zaher, Noonan & Burbrink (2013) questioned the validity of cooki and grenadensis as separate species.
Distribution:
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
(Saint Vincent).
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Corallus cropanii
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São Paulo Tree Boa
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São Paulo-Boa
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São Paulo-træboa
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1953 | |
Xenoboa cropanii Hoge |
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Corallus cropanii Kluge 1991 |
Distribution:
Brazil
(Sao Paulo).
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Corallus grenadensis
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Grenada Tree Boa, Grenada Bank Tree Boa, Grenada Bank Boa
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Grenada-Boa
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Grenada-træboa
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1914 | |
Boa grenadensis Barbour |
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Corallus grenadensis Henderson 1997 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of cooki (e.g., Stimson 1969). Revalidated by Henderson (1997). Colston, Grazziotin, Shepard, Vitt, Colli, Henderson, Hedges, Bonatto, Zaher, Noonan & Burbrink (2013) questioned the validity of cooki and grenadensis as separate species.
Distribution:
Grenada,
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
(incl.
Union Island).
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Corallus hortulana
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Amazon Tree Boa, Garden Tree Boa, Common Tree Boa, Dog-headed Boa
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Gartenboa
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Brun Træboa, Havetræboa
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1758 | |
Boa Hortulana Linnaeus |
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Corallus hortulanus Gray 1842 |
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Xiphosoma hortulanum Fitzinger 1826 |
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1758 | |
Boa enydris Linnaeus (Henderson 1997) |
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Corallus enydris Forcart 1951 |
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1768 | |
Vipera bitis Laurenti (Henderson 1997) |
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Coluber bitis Gmelin 1788 |
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1768 | |
Vipera madarensis Laurenti (Henderson 1997) |
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Coluber maderensis [lapsus] Gmelin 1788 |
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1798 | |
Boa ambleocephala Donndorff (Henderson 1997) |
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1801 | |
Boa merremi Schneider [not Boa merremii Sentzen in Meyer 1796] (McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999) |
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Xiphosoma merremii Wagler 1830 |
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1803 | |
Corallus obtusirostris Daudin (Henderson 1997) |
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1824 | |
Xiphosoma dorsuale Wagler in Spix (Henderson 1997) |
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1824 | |
Xiphosoma ornatum Wagler in Spix (Henderson 1997) |
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1834 | |
Boa modesta Reuss (Henderson 1997) |
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1842 | |
Corallus maculatus Gray (Henderson 1997) |
Remarks:
Previously included cooki, grenadensis and ruschenbergeri (e.g., Stimson 1969; Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970).
Formerly referred to as enydris (see McDiarmid, Touré & Savage 1996).
Records from Parana (e.g., Henderson 1997) and Santa Catarina (e.g., Henderson 2002) are considered erroneous (Costa & Bérnils 2018).
As shown by Frétey (2019), the specific epithet hortulana is a noun in apposition, not an adjective.
Thus, the correct spelling is hortulana, although hortulanus is seen almost consistently in older publications.
Distribution:
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Acre,
Alagoas,
Amapa,
Amazonas,
Bahia,
Ceara,
Espirito Santo,
Goias,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul,
Minas Gerais,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Paraiba,
Pernambuco,
Piaui,
Rio de Janeiro
[incl.
Ilha Grande Island],
Rio Grande do Norte,
Rondonia,
Roraima,
Sao Paulo,
Sergipe,
Tocantins),
Colombia,
Ecuador,
French Guiana,
Guyana,
Peru,
Surinam,
Venezuela.
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Corallus hortulana
© Rune Midtgaard
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Corallus ruschenbergerii
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Mangrove Tree Boa, Caribbean Coastal Tree Boa, Greater Tree Boa
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Ruschenbergs Boas
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Centralamerikansk Træboa
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1876 | |
Xiphosoma ruschenbergerii Cope |
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Corallus cookei ruschenbergi [incorrect subsequent spellings] Boettger 1898 |
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Boa ruschenbergii Stejneger 1901 [lapsus] |
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Corallus ruschenbergerii Henderson 1997 |
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1934 | |
Boa salmonidia Briceño Rossi (Henderson 1997) |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of cooki (e.g., Stimson 1969). Revalidated by Henderson (1997).
Distribution:
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Panama,
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago,
Trinidad),
Venezuela
(incl.
Isla Margarita).
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