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Garden Tree Boa
Henrique Nogueira, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Snakes

Garden Tree Boa

Corallus hortulana (Linnaeus, 1758)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishGarden Tree Boa
DutchTuinboa
SpanishBoa arborícola del Amazonas
Chinese花园树蚺
Sranan Tongosneki (general name for the group)
Scientific nameCorallus hortulana (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

Corallus hortulana, previously known as Corallus hortulanus, and commonly known as the Amazon tree boa, common tree boa, garden tree boa, and macabrel, is a boa species found in South America. Previously, there were two recognized subspecies, Corallus hortulanus hortulanus, and Corallus hortulanus cooki, though the species has undergone taxonomic revision and has been broken up into several species. It is primarily nocturnal and arboreal, though it has been observed feeding and reproducing on the ground. Like all boas, it is non-venomous.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassSquamata
FamilyBoidae
GenusCorallus

In Suriname

220Records in Suriname
102iNaturalist observations
1828First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini47
  • Nickerie22
  • Brokopondo16
  • Commewijne9
  • Para8
  • Saramacca7
  • Marowijne3
  • Wanica1
  • Coronie1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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