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Pacific boa

Candoia carinata (Schneider, 1801)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Open encyclopedia reference

Candoia carinata, known commonly as the Pacific ground boa, Pacific keel-scaled boa, and Indonesian tree boa, is a species of snake in the subfamily Candoiinae of the family Boidae. The species is native to parts of Southeast Asia and Oceania. There are two recognized subspecies.

Wikipedia contributors, Candoia carinata; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:19:10.635909+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name: Candoia carinata (Schneider, 1801)
Name authority: (Schneider, 1801)
Common name: Pacific boa
Rank: species
Accepted status: accepted
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Boidae
Genus: Candoia
Extinction status: Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
kingdomAnimalia
phylumChordata
subphylumVertebrata
infraphylumGnathostomata
parvphylumOsteichthyes
megaclassTetrapoda
classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
familyBoidae
subfamilyCandoiinae
genusCandoia
speciesCandoia carinata (Schneider, 1801)

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 51 records assigned to Boidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded name	Source status
Candoia carinata carinata	ambiguous synonym
Candoia carinata tepedeleni Smith et al., 2001 Smith et al., 2001	ambiguous synonym
Boa carinata Schneider, 1801 Schneider, 1801	synonym
Boa variegata Thunberg, 1807 Thunberg, 1807	synonym
Candoia carinata tepedeleni Smith & Chiszar ex Smith et al., 2001 Smith & Chiszar ex Smith et al., 2001	ambiguous synonym
Candoia carinata tepedeleni Smith & Chiszar, 2001 Smith & Chiszar, 2001	ambiguous synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Indonesia (Sulawesi, Sangihe, Telaud, Moluccas, Misool, Batanta, Salawati, Angaur, Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Archipelago; northern Province: S slope Mt. Trafalgar, 9.2340°S, 149.1541°E, 223 m elevation; Lae) (Smith et al. 2001, Kraus 2013), Vanuatu (possibly introduced)

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Candoia&species=carinata Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:QLMX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.