#tree boa

[herpsandbirds]

Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus), family Boidae, found in parts of northern South America

Check out those labial pits!

photograph by Reptiles4all

[vintagewildlife]

Emerald tree boas By: Trooper Walsh From: The Zoogoer 1983

[equinoxdn]

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus)

(Photo from Georgia Aquarium)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- South America

Size (Weight/Length)- 2 m

Diet- Small rodents; Small marsupials; Bats; Lizards

Cool Facts- Emerald tree boas are made for a life in the trees. Their coloration helps them function as an ambush predator that is the nightmare of any climbing rodent or marsupial. The Emerald tree boa strikes and bites into prey with abnormally long front fangs, the longest of any non-venomous snake. Once the prey is properly suffocated, the boa enjoys its meal head first. All of this is done 50 meters off the ground along a tree branch. Luckily for small critters, emerald tree boas have slow metabolism and only eat once every few months.

Rating- 13/10 (A snake hammock.)

[furryslop]

day 4 and 5 of snektember!

day 4: desert horned viper

day 5: emerald tree boa

i think that the tree boa looks way too cute compared to whats it supposed to look like (dont get me wrong, its not that its not cute irl, but its also badass)

[orochihigh]

Various Juns.

[sisiroos]

This is our 2 months old Amazon tree boa named Lucifer. He is about to shed in this photo. That is why he is more "grey" and pale than usuall. He has dark red eyes behind the grey.

[sleepy-bebby]

Emerald tree boa live birth.

About 1/3 of snake species are ovoviviparous, meaning they give birth to live young rather than lay eggs. Newly born juveniles have a distinctive brick-red to orange coloration and gradually go through an ontogenetic color change over a period of 12 months, gradually turning to full emerald green.