Corallus cookii

Corallus cookii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Booidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Booidea

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

Name

Corallus cookii Gray, 1842

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.1.50, adult ♂, collected by Edward Cooke.
• Type locality: “America”, amended to “West Indies” by Gray (1849), restricted to “St. Vincent” by Henderson (1997: 210).

Combinations

• Corallus cookii Gray, 1842: 42 [original combination]
• Boa cooki Ihering, 1911: 317 [subsequent combination]
• Boa enydris cooki Stull, 1935: 388 [subsequent combination]
• Corallus enydris cookii Forcart, 1951: 197 [subsequent combination]
• Corallus hortulanus cookii Roze, 1966: 61 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Saint Vincent.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1842. Synopsis of the species of prehensile-tailed snakes, or family Boidae. Zoological Miscellany 2: 41–46. BHL
• Henderson, R.W. 1997. A taxonomic review of the Corallus hortulanus complex of Neotropical tree boas. Caribbean Journal of Science 33(3-4): 198–221. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Colston, T.J., Grazziotin, F.G., Shepard, D.B., Vitt, L.J., Colli, G.R., Henderson, R.W., Hedges, S.B., Bonatto, S.L., Zaher, H., Noonan, B.P. & Burbrink, F.T. 2013. Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of tree boas (Corallus spp.). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66(3): 953–959. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.11.027 Reference page. 

• Reynolds, R.G. & Henderson, R.W. 2018. Boas of the World (Superfamily Booidea): A Checklist With Systematic, Taxonomic, and Conservation Assessments. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 162(1): 1–59. DOI: 10.3099/MCZ48.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Henderson, R.W. & Powell, R. 2021. IUCN: Corallus cookii  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T203209A2762187. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T203209A2762187.en. Accessed on 13 November 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Saint Vincent Tree Boa