Sunday, June 17, 2012

Emerald tree boa

The Emerald tree boa (Corallus caninus) comes from South America. It spends its days hanging in the trees and vines of dense rain forests of Brazil, Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Columbia, Guyana, Peru and Bolivia.
It is a night hunter and when it has captured its prey, it will hang up side down to swallow it.
The Emerald tree boa can reach about 6 feet in captivity and up to 9 feet in the Amazon basin.
Babies and juveniles start out a dark orange to brick red color, morphing into their beautiful shades of Emerald green in adulthood. These snakes have a row of white spots that are spaced apart, running the length of their back. Also, they have probably the longest front teeth of any non-venomous snake species.
They are from South America, and are not closely related to the Green tree Python (Morelia viridis) of New Guinea, Indonesia, and Cape York peninsula of Australia.


Zoos where they can be seen are:

Pacific region
The Reptile Zoo Monroe, Washington
Woodland Park Zoo Seattle, Washington
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium Tacoma, Washington
Oregon Zoo Portland, Oregon
Oakland Zoo  Oakland, California

Mountain region
Pueblo Zoo  Pueblo, Colorado 


Central region
Henry Doorly Zoo  Omaha, Nebraska
Oklahoma City Zoo  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 
El Paso Zoo  El Paso, Texas
Dallas World Aquarium Dallas, Texas
St. Louis Zoo  St. Louis, Missouri
Birmingham Zoo  Birmingham, Alabama
Montgomery Zoo Montgomery, Alabama

Eastern region
Potter Park Zoo  Lansing, Michigan
Cleveland Metro Park Zoo Cleveland, Ohio  
Nashville Zoo  Nashville, Tennessee
Bronx Zoo  New York, New York
Central Park Zoo  New York, New York
Seneca Park Zoo  Rochester, New York
Zoo Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia 
The Georgia Aquarium  Atlanta, Georgia
Roger Williams Park Zoo  Providence, Rhode Island
Beardsley Zoo  Bridgeport, Connecticut
The National Aquarium  Baltimore, Maryland 
The National Aquarium  Washington D.C.
The National Zoo  Washington D.C.
Jacksonville Zoo  Jacksonville, Florida
Palm Beach Zoo  West Palm Beach, Florida

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