Candoia carinata, known commonly as the Pacific ground boa, Pacific keel-scaled boa, and Indonesian tree boa, 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 While the nominate subspecies, C. c. carinata, may be occasionally found in trees, this Papuan snake is most often found on the ground. 784 pp. . (Candoia paulsoni, pp. 582, 595).
Candoia carinata tepedeleni Commonly known as Tepedelen's bevel-nosed boa.
Etymology The subspecific name, tepedeleni, is in honour of herpetologist species:Kumaran Tepedelen.
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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, Chiszar D, Tepedelen K, van Breukelen F (2001). "A revision of bevelnosed boas (Candoia carinatus complex) (Reptilia: Serpentes)". Hamadryad 26 (2): 283–315.