Candoia carinata (Pacific ground boa, Pacific keel-scaled boa) English: Pacific Ground Boa (Candoia carinata) at Siau Island, North Sulawesi
Bahasa Indonesia: Boa pohon papua (Candoia carinata) di Pulau Siau, Sulawesi Utara
Date 30 April 2016
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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. Candoia carinata is found in Indonesia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago. The name carinata (Latin, carinate or keeled) alludes to the prominent keels characteristic of the species. At the time the name was proposed, the species was the only booid snake known with keeled scales.
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus: Candoia
Species: Candoia carinata (Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms
- Boa carinata Schneider, 1801
- Candoia carinata — Gray, 1842
- Enygrus carinatus — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
- Candoia carinata — Stimson, 1969