Fiji Boas..................... or Chameleons?

Fiji Boas..................... or Chameleons?

- February 08, 2012

Fiji Boas are famous for changing colour, but it's hard to catch them at it.

Today I went to clean out their tank and found Constantine under the newspaper at her palest pink, and Magenta under a piece of bamboo in his most brooding dark... and yet some days they are identical.

Comments

CdnBlood said…

Great shots! The light and pink of Constance are the same colours Gracie turns a lot of the time :)

February 9, 2012 at 12:48 AM

Unknown said…

can I bring my son to see your snakes? He loves dinasaurs and this would be an interesting twist to it I hope.

February 11, 2013 at 6:29 PM

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.