The specific name, ruschenbergerii, is in honor of William Ruschenberger, who was a United States Navy surgeon.

The colors are typically shades of yellow, brown or gray, although populations on Trinidad and Tobago are often a patternless pure bronze.

[2][3] Corallus ruschenbergerii is a relatively common species found in wide range of habitats from near sea level to about 1,000 m (3,300 ft) above sea level: mangroves, riparian forests, wet and dry lowland forests, tree-lined savanna, and palm groves.

[1] The primary diet of C. ruschenbergerii consists of rodents and other small mammals (such as bats and mouse opossums), as well as lizards, frogs and birds.

[6][7][8] Still fairly rare in captivity, C. ruschenbergerii is only recently becoming more common in the United States.