Snake of the Month- Emerald Tree Boa

Who doesn't like snakes? (Too many people, sadly.) Maybe now my blog will be educational as well as absurd

           

The Emerald Tree Boa

Corallus caninus, also known as the emerald tree boa, is a nonvenomous member of the boa species, and can be found in the Amazon Basin region of South America. Adult emerald tree boas can grow up to 6 feet long. Their diet consists mainly of small mammals, but they have also been known to eat small birds, frogs, and lizards. The fang teeth of the emerald tree boa are probably the largest (compared to body size) of any other nonvenomous snake.

The emerald tree boa is green with yellow scales on its belly and irregular white stripes down its back. Young emerald tree boas start out being different shades of orange or brick red, but turn their adult shade of green after nine to twelve months. The species is diversifying and acquiring slight differences in appearance based on location, so some scientists are saying that a new subspecies should be created.

The emerald tree boa is similar in appearance to the green tree python, which lives in Australia and southeast Asia, but they are only very distantly related and are not to be confused with each other.

Thanks, Wikipedia.

This picture is not mine. I found it by searching on Google. All due credit is given to the photographer.