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Garden Tree Boa
Corallus hortulanus
-2.74, -77.19
Field Notes
Description:
Also called Amazon Tree Boa, Corallus hortulanus is a tree boa (non-venemous) with a wide array of colors and patterns. They can be completely orange, yellow, gray, brown or nearly black and may have an orange, brown or black pattern. I have measured them up to 180 cm, which is near the maximum length. This one was 121 cm. While they are as long as the Emerald Green Tree Boa (Corallus batesii) they are more slender, measuring 15-20 cm in circumference. For technical ID, such as scale count, etc. see the bottom link in the reference box.
Habitat:
This particular tree boa was found in the roof of a typical hut in the Amazon rainforest of SE Ecuador (300 masl).
Notes:
This one came to my jungle house (foto #5) for a visit around 9 pm. It was found up in the roof, then came down to the bottom of the roof looking to escape. I assume perhaps it was after bats, which function as circulating fans over me as I sleep :-) I apologize for the poor quality of the pictures, but I wanted the spotting to be as representative as I could and am not really set up for night photography.
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