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Corallus ruschenbergerii (COPE, 1875)

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Higher TaxaBoidae (Boinae), Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Mangrove Treeboa, Ruschenberger Tree Boa, False Manapare, Dormilona
G: Ruschenbergers Gartenboa 
SynonymXiphosoma ruschenbergerii COPE 1876: 129
Xiphosoma hortulanum — GARMAN 1887: 279
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
Corallus ruschenbergerii — BOOS 2001
Corallus ruschenbergerii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 184
Corallus rushenbergerii — ACUÑA-VARGAS 2016
Corallus ruschenbergerii — REYNOLDS & HENDERSON 2018: 19 
DistributionSW 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"  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: ANSP 10325 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: 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.


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CommentHabitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyNamed after Commodore Dr. William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger (1807-1895), a physician in both the U.S. Amy and Navy who was fleet surgeon on several cruises. 
References
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