NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Garden Tree Boa
Corallus hortulana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Corallus hortulana, previously known as Corallus hortulanus, and commonly known as the Amazon tree boa, common tree boa, garden tree boa, and macabrel, is a boa species found in South America. Previously, there were two recognized subspecies, Corallus hortulanus hortulanus, and Corallus hortulanus cooki, though the species has undergone taxonomic revision and has been broken up into several species. It is primarily nocturnal and arboreal, though it has been observed feeding and reproducing on the ground. Like all boas, it is non-venomous.
Wikipedia contributors, Corallus hortulana; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:05:54.519811+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Corallus hortulana (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Name authority
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- Garden Tree Boa
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Boidae
- Genus
- Corallus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyBoidae
- subfamilyBoinae
- genusCorallus
- speciesCorallus hortulana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Corallus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ringed Tree BoaCorallus annulatus (Cope, 1875) | BoidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Corallus batesii (Gray, 1860) | BoidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Saint Vincent TreeboaCorallus cookii Gray, 1842 | BoidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blomberg’s Tree BoaCorallus blombergi (Rendahl & Vestergren, 1940) | BoidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Emerald Tree BoaCorallus caninus (Linnaeus, 1758) | BoidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Corallus cropanii (Hoge, 1953) | BoidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| DormilonaCorallus ruschenbergerii (Cope, 1875) | BoidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Grenada (Bank) Tree BoaCorallus grenadensis (Barbour, 1914) | BoidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Corallus hortulanus melanea Gray, 1849 Gray, 1849 | ambiguous synonym |
| Boa elegans Daudin, 1803 Daudin, 1803 | synonym |
| Boa merremi Schneider, 1801 Schneider, 1801 | synonym |
| Boa obtusiceps Bechstein, 1802 Bechstein, 1802 | synonym |
| Boa salmonidia Briceño Rossi, 1934 Briceño Rossi, 1934 | ambiguous synonym |
| Corallus maculatus Gray, 1842 Gray, 1842 | synonym |
| Corallus obtusirostris Daudin, 1803 Daudin, 1803 | synonym |
| Vipera bitis Laurenti, 1768 Laurenti, 1768 | synonym |
| Vipera madarensis Laurenti, 1768 Laurenti, 1768 | synonym |
| Xiphosoma ornatum Wagler, 1824 Wagler, 1824 | synonym |
| Xiphosoma ruschenbergerii Cope, 1875 Cope, 1875 | ambiguous synonym |
| Corallus cooki Gray, 1842 Gray, 1842 | synonym |
| Boa enydris Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus, 1758 | synonym |
| Boa hortulana Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus, 1758 | synonym |
| Boa modesta Reuss, 1834 Reuss, 1834 | synonym |
| Xiphosoma dorsuale Wagler, 1824 Wagler, 1824 | synonym |
| Boa merremii Sentzen, 1796 Sentzen, 1796 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Corallus&species=hortulana Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5ZZFH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.