Candoia carinata

Candoia carinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus: Candoia
Species: C. carinata
Binomial name
Candoia carinata
(Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms[1]
  • Boa carinata
    Schneider, 1801
  • Candoia carinata
    Gray, 1842
  • Enygrus carinatus
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
  • Candoia carinata
    — Stimson, 1969

Candoia carinata, known commonly as the Pacific ground boa or the Pacific keel-scaled boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae.[2]

Distribution and habitat

The species C. carinata is found in Indonesia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago.[1]

In captivity

Candoia carinata is popular as a pet in Indonesia, where it is known by the common name monopohon (pohon means tree in the Indonesian language).

Subspecies

Candoia carinata carinata (Schneider, 1801)

While the nominotypical subspecies, C. c. carinata, may be occasionally found in trees, this Papuan snake is most often found terrestrially.[3]

Candoia carinata paulsoni (Stull, 1956)

Males of C. c. paulsoni are smaller and lighter than females,[3] and show spurs. Males are 0.9–1.0 m (35–39 in) long, and 300–400 g (11–14 oz) in weight. Females are generally 1.2–1.4 m (47–55 in) in length and weigh 1.0–1.2 kg (2.2–2.6 lb). The colour varies from dark brown to auburn, with distinct patterns, though there is also the "paulsoni santa isabella ", which is coloured white.

Etymology

The subspecific name, paulsoni, is in honour of Swedish herpetologist John Paulson.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Candoia carinata ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. "Candoia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  3. 1 2 Marshall, Andrew J.; Beehler, Bruce McP. (2007). The Ecology of Indonesian Papua: Part One: The Ecology of Indonesia Series, Volume VI. North Clarendon, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing. 784 pp. ISBN 978-0-7946-0393-9. (Candoia paulsoni, pp. 582, 595).
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Candoia carinata paulsoni, p. 202).

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