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Candoia paulsoni

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Candoia paulsoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus: Candoia
Species:
C. paulsoni
Binomial name
Candoia paulsoni
(Stull, 1956)
Synonyms
  • Enygrus carinatus paulsoni Stull, 1956
  • Candoia paulsoni Smith et al., 2001

Candoia paulsoni, also known as the Solomon Islands ground boa, is a species of boa native to the Maluku Islands and Melanesia. Five subspecies are recognized.[2]

Subspecies

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Distribution

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The type locality is Ugi Island in the Solomon Islands.[2]

Etymology

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The specific name paulsoni is in honor of the Swedish herpetologist John Paulson.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Allison, A., Hamilton, A., Tallowin, O., Parker, F., O'Shea, M. & Stubbs, A. , (2021). "Candoia paulsoni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/196560/2459801 Downloadedon 22 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Candoia paulsoni (STULL, 1956)". Reptile Database. Peter Uetz and Jakob Hallermann. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  3. ^ Ruud de Lang and Gernot Vogel, "The Snakes of Sulawesi" in M. Vences, J. Köhler, T. Ziegler, W. Böhme (eds): Herpetologia Bonnensis II.Proceedings of the 13th Congress of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica. pp. 35-38
  4. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles (2011), p. 202. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5