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EMERALD TREE BOA
Corallus caninus
John Fowler & Rachel Barnes
Distribution:- South America in the Amazon Basin.
Including Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Suriname and the Guianas
Comments:- Grows to approximately 1.8 metres (6ft)

Emerald Tree Boa, (Corallus caninus) photographed at the Reptile Jungle, UK

Emerald Tree Boa, (Corallus caninus) photographed at the Reptile Jungle, UK

Emerald Tree Boa, (Corallus caninus) photographed at the Reptile Jungle, UK

Emerald Tree Boa, (Corallus caninus) photographed at the Reptile Jungle, UK

The Emerald Tree Boa, (Corallus caninus) resembles the Green tree python,( Morelia viridis), from New Guinea and Australia. This is an example of convergent evolution.

The most obvious difference between the Green Tree Python,( Morelia viridis) and the Emerald Tree Boa, (Corallus caninus) is the location of the heat sensing pits on the sides of the head,
which are on the top lips of Emerald Tree Boas and on the bottom lips of Green Tree Pythons
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