Dormilona
Corallus ruschenbergerii (Cope, 1875)
Status not recordedsnakes
The dormilona (Corallus ruschenbergerii) is a species in the family Boidae, order Squamata.
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Quick facts about the dormilona
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- 22.5
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the dormilona live?
Not recorded
Is the dormilona 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 dormilona classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyBoidae
- genusCorallus
- SpeciesCorallus ruschenbergerii (Cope, 1875)
Synonyms Boa salmonidia, Xiphosoma ruschenbergerii
Other names and names in other languages (12)
- False ManapareEnglish
- Mangrove TreeboaEnglish
- Ruschenberger tree boaEnglish
- Ruschenberger's tree boaEnglish
- psohlavec hnědýCzech
- Centralamerikansk TræboaDanish
- Ruschenbergers GartenboaGerman
- Boa de Árbol ComúnSpanish
- közép-amerikai kertiboaHungarian
- Boa arboricolo di RuschenbergerItalian
- 中美樹蚺Chinese
- boa arborícola jardineraSpanish
Relatives of the dormilona
Other species in the same genus Corallus.

Emerald tree boa
Corallus caninus
Amazon tree boa
Corallus hortulana
Annulated boa
Corallus annulatus
Cook's tree boa
Corallus cookii
Bates' tree boa
Corallus batesii
Cropan's boa
Corallus cropanii
CompareDormilona vs Emerald tree boaDormilona vs Amazon tree boaDormilona vs Annulated boaDormilona vs Cook's tree boa
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the dormilona?
The dormilona (Corallus ruschenbergerii) belongs to the family Boidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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