They have many different color patterns of yellow, brown, green, and black. They kill their prey by coiling their body around the victim and then suffocating it. Then they swallow it whole. Camouflage occurs when they're around colorful plants and trees so other animals can't see them.

Of all the members of the Corallus genus, they probably stand out the most with their brilliant green coloration decorated by white markings. They are also the most well-known of the tree boas because of their depiction in numerous books about rainforest inhabitats. No other snake has nearly the quantity of heat receptors that these possess. These heat receptors enable them to target any animal giving off infrared radiation.

They are active during the night and tree dwelling. Their colour ranges from a whitish-cream to reddish-brown with conspicuous red coloured cross bands. They lack fangs, but have a weak venom that can be slowly conducted by enlarged rear teeth. These kind of teeth require the snake to chew on its victim for some time in order to allow the venom to penetrate the skin.

They are a very peculiar snake that are three feet long and have a red, yellow, and black pattern on its shiny, scaly skin. Red has to touch yellow for it to be the coral snake. They are one of the most colorful and dangerous animals in the rainforest. They eat other snakes making it the only animal that eats the same species.