Corallus cookii

Corallus cookii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Boidae
Subfamily:	Boinae
Genus:	Corallus
Species:	C. cookii
Binomial name
	Corallus cookii; Gray, 1842
Synonyms
	Corallus Cookii Gray, 1842; Corallus hortulanus Melanea Gray, 1849; Corallus cookii ; — Boulenger, 1893; Boa cooki ; — Ihering, 1911; Boa cooki — Griffin, 1916; Boa enydris cookii ; — Stull, 1935; Boa cookii — Stull, 1935; Corallus enydris cookii — Forcart, 1951; Corallus hortulanus cookii — Roze, 1966; Corallus hortulanus cooki ; — Stafford & Henderson, 1996; Corallus cooki ; — Henderson, 1997;

Common names: Cook's tree boa,^[2] Cooke's tree boa.^[3]

Corallus cookii is a nonvenomous boa species endemic to the island of St. Vincent in the Caribbean. No subspecies are currently recognized.^[2]. In Trinidad, thre tree boa Corallus hortulanus is known as the Cook's tree boa.

Etymology

The specific name, cookii, is in honor of English artist and naturalist Edward William Cooke.^[3]

Description

C. cookii is similar to C. hortulanus and C. grenadensis, only smaller, with adults reaching a total length (including tail) of 5 feet (152 cm), and being mainly gray or brown in color. Not more than a few specimens exist in captivity.^[4]

Geographic range

Endemic to the island of St. Vincent in the Caribbean, C. cookii is known only from a few locations on the island. The type locality given is "West Indies", which was restricted to "St. Vincent" by Henderson (1997).^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
^ ^a ^b "Corallus cookii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 July 2008.
^ ^a ^b Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Corallus cookii, p. 58).
^ Stafford PJ, Henderson RW. 1996. Kaleidoscopic Tree Boas: The Genus Corallus of Tropical America. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 120 pp. ISBN 0-89464-975-2.

External links

Corallus cookii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 July 2008.

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[McD99-1] McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).

[ITIS-2] "Corallus cookii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 July 2008.

[Bo-3] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Corallus cookii, p. 58).

[S&H96-4] Stafford PJ, Henderson RW. 1996. Kaleidoscopic Tree Boas: The Genus Corallus of Tropical America. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 120 pp. ISBN 0-89464-975-2.

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