Candoia carinata

Candoia carinata
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Candoia carinata, known commonly as the Pacific ground boa, Pacific keel-scaled boa, and Indonesian tree boa,[citation needed] is a species of snake in the subfamily Candoiinae of the family Boidae. The species is native to parts of Southeast Asia and Oceania. There are two recognized subspecies.

Distribution and habitat

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

In captivity

Candoia carinata is kept 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 nominate subspecies, C. c. carinata, may be occasionally found in trees, this Papuan snake is most often found on the ground.

Candoia carinata tepedeleni (H.M. Smith & Chiszar, 2001)

Commonly known as Tepedelen's bevel-nosed boa.

Etymology

The subspecific name, tepedeleni, is in honour of herpetologist species:Kumaran Tepedelen.: 263 

References

  1. 1 2 3 Species Candoia carinata at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ "Candoia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  3. ↑ Marshall, Andrew J.; Beehler, Bruce M. (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, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.

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