Corallus ruschenbergerii (COPE, 1876)
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Corallus ruschenbergerii
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| Higher Taxa | Boidae (Boinae), Henophidia, Serpentes (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Ruschenberger Tree Boa, False Manapare, Dormilona G: Ruschenbergers Gartenboa |
| Synonym | Xiphosoma ruschenbergerii COPE 1876: 129 Xiphosoma ruschenbergii — BOULENGER 1893: 99 (in error) Corallus cookei var. ruschenbergi — BOETTGER 1898: 10 (in error) Boa ruschenbergii - STEJNEGER 1902: 184 (in errore) Boa salmonidia BRICEÑO ROSSI 1934: 1141 Corallus ruschenbergerii — HENDERSON 1997: 212 Corallus ruschenbergerii — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 191 |
| Distribution | SW Costa Rica, Panama (including Isla del Rey, Isla Contadora, Isla de Cébaco, Isla Suscantupu), Colombia (east of the Andes and north of the cordilleras Central and Oriental), N Venezuela (north of the Cordillera de Mérida and in the drainage of the Río Orinoco, north and west of the Guiana Shield, east to the Orinoco delta, Trujilllo [HR 35: 190]; Cojedes, Isla Margarita; Trinidad, Tobago) Type locality: "Panama" Map legend:  - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map.NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it. |
| Types | Holotype: ANSP 10325 |
| Comment | Diagnosis.—Corallus ruschenbergerii is easily distinguished from all other species of Corallus except C. grenadensis. The maximum number of dorsal scale rows in C. cropanii is fewer than 35 (38–48 in C. ruschenbergerii). Corallus annulatus, the only congener with which there is significant sympatry, has a maximum of 50–57 dorsal scale rows and only 79–87 subcaudals (94–115 in C. ruschenbergerii). Corallus caninus has a maximum of 63–77 dorsal scale rows, and 186–209 ventrals (250–272 in C. ruschenbergerii). With very few exceptions, C. hortulanus from mainland South America and Ilha Grande off southeastern Brazil have 50 or more maximum dorsal scale rows (individuals from Guyana, Suriname, Peru, and Bolivia rarely have 47 or 48) and color and pattern are extremely variable. Corallus from St. Vincent and the Grenada Bank are the shortest and most slender of the Neotropical tree boas, and this can be related to aspects of their ecology (see below). They exhibit great overlap in lepidosis with C. ruschenbergerii, but C. ruschenbergerii is much larger (maximum SVL in West Indian Corallus is 1625 mm), and C. grenadensis exhibits tremendous color and pattern variation. Despite the pattern variation in the West Indian populations, none of it duplicates that found in C. ruschenbergerii, with the exception of yellow-brown individuals that have no discernible pattern [from HENDERSON 1997]. Max. total length: 2.5 m. Reproduction: viviparous |
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