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The emerald tree boa appears very similar to the southern green tree python (Morelia viridis) from southeast Asia and Australia. This is an example of convergent evolution : the species are only very distantly related.
Corallus batesii, also known commonly as the Amazon Basin emerald tree boa, is a species of snake in the subfamily Boinae of the family Boidae. The species is native to the tropical rainforests of South America. This species was revalidated from the synonymy of Corallus caninus by Henderson and colleagues in 2009. [3] [4]
The green tree python (Morelia viridis), is a species of snake in the family Pythonidae. ... This trait is shared with the emerald tree boa (Corallus caninus) of ...
The emerald tree boa and the green tree python are from two different families (boas and pythons), yet are very similar in appearance and ecology. [95] Avian.
Corallus annulatus annulatus, northern annulated tree boa or northern ringed tree boa; Corallus annulatus colombianus, Colombian annulated tree boa or Colombian ringed tree boa; Corallus batesii, Amazon Basin emerald tree boa; Corallus blombergi, Ecuadorian annulated tree boa or Blomberg's tree boa; Corallus caninus, emerald tree boa
Blomberg's tree boa Ecuador, Colombia (Nariño) C. caninus (Linnaeus, 1758) 0 Emerald tree boa South America in the Guiana Shield region of Colombia, and from Venezuela to the Guianas. C. cookii (Gray, 1842) 0 Cook's tree boa St. Vincent (West Indies). C. cropanii (Hoge, 1953) 0 Cropani's tree boa Miracatu, São Paulo, Brazil. C. grenadensis
The superficial resemblance to American kingsnakes is more likely an example of convergent evolution, much like the similarities between the South American emerald tree boa (Corallus caninus) and the Indo-Australian green tree python (Morelia viridis).
A fossil of Boavus idelmani, an extinct species of boa. Formerly, boas were said to be found in the New World and pythons in the Old World. While this is true of boine boas, other boid species are present in Africa, much of southern Eurasia, Madagascar, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands, so this is not accurate. However, they seem more ...