Pacific Boa
Candoia carinata
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.
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Range & habitat
Candoia carinata is found in Indonesia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
In human culture
The subspecific name, tepedeleni, is in honour of herpetologist species:Kumaran Tepedelen.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 32110.