Corallus grenadensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Boidae |
| Genus: | Corallus |
| Species: | C. grenadensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Corallus grenadensis (Barbour, 1914)
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Corallus grenadensis, also known as the Grenada tree boa or Grenada Bank tree boa, is a boa species found in Grenada.[2] No subspecies are currently recognized.[2][3] Like all other boas, it is not venomous.
Description
A species with a variable color pattern, it is found in a wide range of habitats, but is mainly encountered in drier scrublands and wet rainforests. Rarely found in captivity.[4]
Geographic range
Found in the Grenadines, including Bequia Island, Ile Quatre, Baliceaux, Mustique, Canouan, Mayreau, Union Island and Carriacou and Grenada.[5] The type locality given is "St. George's, Grenada."[2][5]
References
- ^ Henderson, R.W. & Powell, R. (2021). "Corallus grenadensis [sic]". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44580027/44580035. Downloaded on 11 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d Corallus grenadensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 October 2018.
- ^ "Corallus grenadensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
- ^ Stafford, Peter J. & Robert W. Henderson (1996). Kaleidoscopic Tree Boas: The Genus Corallus of Tropical America. Krieger Publishing Company. ISBN 0-89464-975-2. Retrieved 2007-05-19.
- ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
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