
An Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus batesii) coiled on a thin branch in the Amazon basin in Peru
This boa had been found the previous night near our field station, about twenty feet up in the canopy. It was captured and held for a day so we could get better photographs, then released where it was found.

Emerald Tree Boas are strikingly beautiful arboreal snakes from South America. This group of boas was split in 2009 into Guyana Shield Emerald Tree Boas (Corallus caninus) and Amazon Basin Emerald Tree Boas (Corallus batesii). Older references use the name Corallus caninus for all of them.
Similar species: Scaled Reptiles
By John Sullivan
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Uploaded Mar 7, 2016. Captured Feb 6, 2016 11:06 in Unnamed Road, Mazán, Peru.
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I would have been really scared.
great shot. Posted 6 years ago
Snakes! Beautiful, graceful snakes! With nicknames like “danger noodle” and “nope rope”, they have unfairly been given a bad reputation.
There are at least 3,500 species of snakes dwelling in habitats around the world: from the icy regions of northern Canada to humid rainforests, dry deserts, and even in many of the world’s oceans. Only about 600 species are venomous, with only a small portion of those being dangerous to humans. They can be as tiny as several centimeters in length to longer than nine meters!
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