Characteristics: Emerald tree boa: Green tree python: Size: Up to 6 feet in length, heavier and more muscular. Around 5 feet in length, more slender and less muscular.

Arboreal pythons’ teeth are longer than their terrestrial cousins. ... It is a myth that arboreal pythons, such as the green tree python, launch themselves from branches onto prey below.

Like the green tree python, the emerald tree boa coils itself over branches in the canopy. Its prehensile tail and hook-like teeth help it remain a stealthy hunter far above the jungle floor.

Toothless, a green tree python, was rushed to the Mount Ommaney vet in Brisbane, after she accidentally swallowed her lower jaw bone while feeding.