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Arboreal snake

Amazon tree boa

Corallus hortulana

Kept the same way as the carpet python, emerald tree boa and green tree python, so they share one kit: the same heat, light, and humidity, sized to the animal.

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Photograph of a Amazon tree boa
Photograph by ggallice (Geoff Gallice), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Care sheet

What it needs

We have taken these figures from published sources and are still checking them against our own experience. Treat them as a guide, and ask us before you buy.

Basking surface
27 to 28°C Measured on the surface the animal lies on, not in the air.
Daytime air
24 to 31°C The cool end, away from the lamp.
Night air
24 to 25°C
Humidity
60 to 80%
Adult length
120 to 180 cm
When it is active
Nocturnal
How it lives
Arboreal
Typical captive life
20 years

Our reading of the literature, not veterinary advice. Animals vary, and so do rooms, so take these figures, and any setup the builder puts together, as a starting point, and ask a reptile vet about your own animal. Where the figures come from.

From the catalogue

Gear that suits an Amazon tree boa

Chosen for arboreal snake. The setup builder puts the whole kit together, sized to the animal, with the reason for each piece.

Build the whole kit

Same care group

Kept the same way

Where it comes from

S Colombia (east of the Andes), S Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil (Amazonas, Roraima, Bahia, Sergipe, Ceará, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, DF, Piauí, Acre, Pará, Pernambuco), Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia (Beni)

Breeding: ovoviviparous

Where the figures come from