Pacific Boa Constrictor Snakes (Candoia bibroni bibroni)

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A Candoia Christmas!

- December 31, 2009

Santa brought 5 new additions! Our friend Peter had to leave Fiji, and as you cannot export these endemic species, has passed his group along to me. We now have 2 large females (from Kadavu Island), 3 small males (from Viti Levu Island) and our original group of 2 small males and 1 small female (from Taveuni Island). Plus our extended family (with other enthusiasts) has another small male from Viti Levu, and a large female from Taveuni, so we have a pretty interesting group forming. Although this is still a small sample, I am seeing different patterns from the three different islands, and I'm going to start recording and photographing this. For the moment here are a few snaps: Our original males from Taveuni (Zigzag and diamond back patterns and speckled bellies) New males from Viti Levu, the main island of Fiji(Blotchy back patterns and a black belly stripe) New females from Kadavu (Blotchy back patterns and plain or speckled bellies)

Our snakes

We've had these three Fiji Boas since they were born in captivity to their wild caught mothers.

The twins, Rifraf and Magenta, (turns out both males) were born in August 2006, Constantine (turned out female) was born in early 2007.

We'll post random events and some solid information here, that we hope will interest people looking for details of these snakes in their natural environment.

Candoia species are known as the Pacific Boas. Most of the South Pacific Countries have their own species of Candoia. For more information on these species look at

The Candoia Page by Jerry Conway

The Fiji Boa is Candoia bibroni bibroni, and is closely related to the Solomon Islands Candoia bibroni australis. They are relatively small, with a maximum adult length of about 2 metres / 6 feet. Males are much smaller than females, and may only reach about 1. 30cm /4 feet.