Cook's tree boa
Corallus cookii Gray, 1842
Status not recordedsnakes
The cook's tree boa (Corallus cookii) is a species in the family Boidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 1.91 kg and live up to 13.7 years.
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Quick facts about the cook's tree boa
- Weight
- 1.91 kg
- Length
- up to 1.7 m
- Lifespan
- 13.7 years
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 15.4 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forest
- Young per litter or clutch
- 13.5
- Reproduction
- Live birth
- Lifestyle
- Arboreal
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the cook's tree boa live?
Not recorded
Is the cook's tree boa endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the cook's tree boa classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyBoidae
- genusCorallus
- SpeciesCorallus cookii Gray, 1842
Synonyms Corallus enydris cookii, Corallus hortulanus melanea
Other names and names in other languages (10)
- Neotropical tree boaEnglish
- Saint Vincent TreeboaEnglish
- Cook se BoomboaAfrikaans
- psohlavec CookůvCzech
- Cooks GartenboaGerman
- Boa de CookSpanish
- Cook-kertiboaHungarian
- 庫氏樹蚺Chinese
- Cook se BoomluislangAfrikaans
- Cooks HundskopfboaGerman
Relatives of the cook's tree boa
Other species in the same genus Corallus.

Emerald tree boa
Corallus caninus
Amazon tree boa
Corallus hortulana
Annulated boa
Corallus annulatus
Bates' tree boa
Corallus batesii
Cropan's boa
Corallus cropanii
Dormilona
Corallus ruschenbergerii
CompareCook's tree boa vs Emerald tree boaCook's tree boa vs Amazon tree boaCook's tree boa vs Annulated boaCook's tree boa vs Bates' tree boa
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the cook's tree boa?
An adult cook's tree boa weighs 1.91 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long does the cook's tree boa live?
The cook's tree boa has a recorded lifespan of 13.7 years.
What kind of animal is the cook's tree boa?
The cook's tree boa (Corallus cookii) belongs to the family Boidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
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