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Emerald Tree Boa
Corallus caninus (Emerald Tree Boa · エメラルドツリーボア)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its maximum length of 2.2 m is slightly longer than the height of a room door (about 2 m) (Comparison).
- 💡 Animal Diversity Web notes that its popularity in captivity has grown in recent years due to its beautiful color, and that it helps reduce rodent pests near human dwellings.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The Emerald Tree Boa is a green boa living in the trees of the Amazon rainforest that hunts rodents and lizards at night.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its back is a striking emerald green, often with white markings along the midline, while juveniles are brown to red. Males are smaller and more slender than females and have larger pelvic spurs (vestigial hind limbs).
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
By day it rests looped in an oval coil over a horizontal branch with its head in the center, and at night it hangs near the ground to ambush passing rodents. It eats rodents, lizards, and marsupials, and gives birth to an average of about 10 young at a time.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2016) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203208/2762180
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — 5ZZDV
- • iucnredlist.org — 2762180
- • wikidata.org — Q620592
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Corallus caninus.JPG
- • animaldiversity.org — Corallus caninus
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Becky Barnes · CC0 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Boa constrictor)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.