| Corallus Temporal range: Paleocene to recent
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| Amazon tree boa, C. hortulanus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Boidae |
| Subfamily: | Boinae |
| Genus: | Corallus Daudin, 1803[1] |
| Type species | |
| Corallus obtusirostris Daudin, 1803
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Corallus, the neotropical tree boas,[3] are a genus of boas found in Central America, South America and the West Indies. Nine extant species are recognized as of 2017[update].[3]
- ^ Daudin, F. M. (1803). "Erpétologie. Caracteres des vingt-trois genres qui composent l'ordre des Ophidiens". Magasin Encyclopédique. An. 8 (in French). 5 (20): 434.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ a b "Corallus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 September 2017.