Candoia bibroni

Taxobox
name = "Candoia bibroni"

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Boidae
subfamilia = Boinae
genus = "Candoia"
species = "C. bibroni"
binomial = "Candoia bibroni"
binomial_authority = (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)
synonyms = * "Enygrus Bibroni" - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
* "Enygrus Bibroni" - Jacquinot & Guichenot "In" Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853
* "Enygrus Bibronii" - Günther, 1858
* "Enygrus bibronii" - Boulenger, 1893
* "Enygrus bibroni bibroni" - Sternfeld, 1920
* "Candoia bibroni" - Frazzetta, 1959
* "Candoia bibroni bibroni" - Stimson, 1969McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).]

:"Common names: bibron's bevel-nosed boa, bibron's keel-scaled boa, pacific tree boa,ITIS|ID=174323|taxon="Candoia bibroni"|year=2008|date=14 July] Fiji boa.Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.] ""Candoia bibroni" is a non-venomous boa species found in Melanesia and Polynesia. Two subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.

Description

The largest member of the genus "Candoia", adults can grow to more than 4 feet (122 cm) in length. The color pattern consists of a pale brown, tan or reddish brown ground color overlaid with stripes, blotches or spots, or no pattern at all.

Geographic range

Found in Melanesia and Polynesia, including the eastern Solomon Islands (Olu Malau, Reef, Rennell, San Critobal, Santa Ana, Santa Cruz, Bio, Bellona, Three Sisters, Ugi and Vanikoro), the Banks Islands (Vanua Lava Island), the New Hebrides, all three of the Loyalty Islands, the Fiji Islands (Rotuma, the Yasawa Group and the Lau Group), Western Samoa (Savii and Upolu islands) and American Samoa (Ta'u Island). The type locality given is "l'île Viti" (possibly Viti Levu, Fiji Islands). Jacquinot and Guichenot (1853) list the type locality as "de l'archipel de Viti, Polynésie."

Feeding

Hunts for food both on the ground and in the trees, preying on birds, lizards and mammals, including bats.

ubspecies

ee also

* List of boine species and subspecies
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References

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