Corallus cookii

Corallus cookii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Booidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Booidea

Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Boinae
Genus: Corallus
Species: Corallus cookii

Name

Corallus cookii (Gray, 1842)

Type locality: "West Indies"; restricted to “St. Vincent” by Henderson 1997: 210

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.1.50

Synonyms

• Corallus hortulanus Melanea Gray 1849: 98
• Boa cooki — Ihering 1911: 317
• Boa enydris cookii — Stull 1935: 388
• Corallus enydris cookii - Forcart 1951
• Corallus hortulanus cookii — Roze 1966: 61
• Corallus enhydris cookii - Welch 1994
• Corallus hortulanus — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999: 191

Vernacular names

English: Cook's Tree Boa, Cooke's Tree Boa

References

• Gray, J. E. 1842. Synopsis of the species of prehensile-tailed snakes, or family Boidae. Zool. Misc. 2: 41–46.
• Henderson, R. W. 2002. Neotropical Treeboas. Krieger Publ. Company, Malabar, 198 pp.
• McDiarmid,R.W.; Campbell,J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
• Corallus cookii at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 Mar 2008.