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{The emerald tree boa (Corallus caninus) is a species of bright green snake that lives in the rainforests of South America. | Emerald tree boas are typically a shade of emerald green in color with a white irregular zigzag stripe down the back and a yellow underside. | The bright coloration and markings are very distinctive among South American snakes. | Juveniles are extremely variable in color, and are often orange or yellow, with irregular spotting. |Emerald tree boas have many morphological differences based on locality, enough that some herpetologists have considered whether they should be classified as subspecies. | Specimens from the Amazon River basin tend to grow the largest, attaining lengths of 7-9 feet (210-270 cm), while the overall average size is closer to 6 feet (180 cm). | Emerald tree boas from the southern end of their range in Peru tend to be darker in color. | The emerald tree boa is found in the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, French Guiana, Guyana, and Surinam. | The emerald tree boa is readily available in the exotic pet trade, and though being frequently captive bred, wild caught specimens are still fairly common. | Most specimens found for sale are imported from the northern end of the species range. | They are considered challenging to keep properly. |It appears very similar to the green tree python (Morelia viridis), from southeast Asia and Australia, but they are only very distantly related, and are an example of convergent evolution. | Physical differences include the scales on its head, and the location of the heat pits around the mouth in the boa. | The emerald tree boa is a strictly arboreal snake, spending its days in a characteristic coil over a tree branch, and hanging down at night, ambushing prey. | It had been thought that the primary diet of the emerald tree boa was birds, however studies of the contents of the stomachs & intestine have found that the majority of their diet is made of small mammals. | Juvenile and Neonates have been known to eat small reptiles as well, such as lizards and frogs. | The emerald tree boa is ovoviviparous, having up to 20 young at a time. |The emerald tree boa is a nocturnal carnivore. | During the day, the snake typically coils itself on top of a branch, with its head perched at the center. | However at night, it will remain coiled on its branch, then will extend its neck pointing beneath it, curled as if about to strike. | It will then hold still in this position, waiting for prey to approach directly underneath it. | This snake catches food with its long frontal fanged teeth, pulling its prey in and constricting to asphyxiation. | Like all boas, it swallows its prey whole, head first. | The boas top and bottom jaws are attached to each other with stretchy ligaments, letting the snake swallow animals wider than itself. | Snakes dont chew their food, they digest it with very strong acids in the snakes stomach. |In the wild, the emerald tree boas diet primarily consists of small mammals, but they have been known to eat some smaller bird species as well as lizards and frogs. | Due to the extremely slow metabolism of this species, the frequency of which it eats is much further spaced than other ground dwelling boas. | A healthy, properly hydrated emerald tree boa, may go two months or more between meals with little or no change in its size or body mass. |In captivity, the adult emerald tree boas diet should be closely monitored. | Unlike other boas that can easily take food items many times the size of its head, the emerald tree boa should be fed a small rat or mouse. | Although it can physically swallow larger animals, feeding anything much larger usually results in regurgitation. | A properly sized meal should not be noticeable as a lump. | The frequency of feeding should be 15-23 days – and then, after it has defecated a previous meal. | Temperature and humidity are extremely important for the emerald tree boa to digest its food. | For approximately five days after feeding, the animal should not be exposed to temperatures above 90F or below 70F. | An ideal temperature is 78F at night and 82F during the day. | Humidity should be no lower than 85%. | Failure to keep such diet can result in impaction, regurgitation and undue stress. ||}
