Candoia carinata explained

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

Distribution and habitat

C. carinata is found in Indonesia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago.

In captivity

C. 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

While the nominate subspecies, C. c. carinata, may be occasionally found in trees, this Papuan snake is most often found on the ground.^[1]

Candoia carinata paulsoni

Males of C. c. paulsoni are smaller and lighter than females,^[1] and show spurs. Males are 0.9- long, and 300- in weight. Females are generally 1.2- in length and weigh 1-. The colour varies from dark brown to auburn with distinct patterns, though there is also the color morph "paulsoni santa isabella ", which is white.

The subspecies C. c. paulsoni was elevated to species status as Candoia paulsoni by H.M. Smith, et al. in 2001.

Candoia carinata tepedeleni

Commonly known as Tepedelen's bevel-nosed boa.

Etymology

The specific name or subspecific name, paulsoni, is in honour of Swedish herpetologist John Paulson.^[2]

The subspecific name, tepedeleni, is in honour of herpetologist Kumaran Tepedelen.^[2]

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I. Containing the Families ... Boidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Enygrus carinatus, pp. 107–109).
• Schneider JG (1801). Historiae Amphibiorum naturalis et literariae Fasciculus Secundus continens Crocodilos, Scincos, Chamaesauras, Boas, Pseudoboas, Elaps, Angues, Amphisbaenas et Caecilias. Jena: F. Frommann. vi + 374 pp. + Plates I-II. (Boa carinata, new species, pp. 261–263). (in Latin).
• Smith HM, Chiszmar D, Tepedelen K, van Breukelen F (2001). "A revision of bevelnosed boas (Candoia carinatus complex) (Reptilia: Serpentes)". Hamadryad 26 (2): 283–315.

Notes and References

1. Book: Marshall, Andrew J.. Beehler, Bruce McP.. The Ecology of Indonesian Papua: Part One: The Ecology of Indonesia Series, Volume VI. 2007. North Clarendon, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing. 784 pp. . (Candoia paulsoni, pp. 582, 595).
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Candoia paulsoni, p. 202; Candoia carinata tepedeleni, p. 263).).