Scientists are revealing how the Amazon tree boa's skin scales help it move and hunt in the rainforest. These scales have different textures on different body parts. This helps the snake grip branches ...

The Amazon Basin Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus batesii) can be found throughout South America, residing in the vast rainforests. Because they’re non-venomous, it’s almost no wonder that reptile lovers ...

Description: This is a smallish snake from 2 to 4 feet in length from nose to vent. The body is slender; these snakes weigh only between 200 – 300 grams (about half a pound) on average. The Virgin ...

The Blomberg’s tree boa was recently documented in southwestern Colombia for the first time, even as it loses habitat in the nearby rainforests of Ecuador. Javier Aznar González de Rueda Coild in the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Brazil's elusive tree boa, Corallus cropanii — also known as Cropan's boa — is one of the world's ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Zoo Knoxville welcomed seven new Madagascar tree boas on Wednesday in the first successful breeding of the species in the United States this year. According to Zoo Knoxville, ...

A rare discovery in a Cuban cave has rewritten what we thought we knew about reptile intelligence: the first snake hunters we ...

Snakes are some of the most diverse and captivating creatures in the animal kingdom, and their colors are a key feature that ...