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Candoia bibroni

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Common names: bibron's bevel-nosed boa, bibron's keel-scaled boa, pacific tree boa,^[2] Fiji boa.^[3]

Candoia bibroni is a non-venomous boa species found in Melanesia and Polynesia. Two subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.

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Candoia bibroni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Boidae Subfamily: Boinae Genus: Candoia Species: C. bibroni
Binomial name
Candoia bibroni (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, 1969[1]

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.^[3]

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."^[1]

Feeding

Hunts for food both on the ground and in the trees, preying on birds, lizards and mammals, including bats.^[3]

Subspecies

Subspecies[2]	Taxon author[2]	Common name	Geographic range
C. b. australis	(Montrousier, 1860)
C. b. bibroni	(Duméril & Bibron, 1844)

See also

• List of boine species and subspecies
• Boinae by common name
• Boinae by taxonomic synonyms

References

1. ^ ^{a b} McDiarmid 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).
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Candoia bibroni (TSN 174323). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 14 July 2008.
3. ^ ^{a b c} Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.

Candoia bibroni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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