Can Anyone Tell Me What This Is?

Any ideas on what this is. I know it's a boa.
http://i39.tinypic.com/2uij3t1.jpg
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Looks like Rough Scale Boa or Viper Boa.. but with specie exacly dont know...H
hope some Boa Expert gonna chip in soon :gj:

Genus: Candoia
other than that no

I want to say solomon island ground boa, but I'm no expert.

Hmm aren't Salomons little bit brighter?? Looks more like Halmahera Island but I'm not expert so I can be wrong...

My guess (with near certainty) would be Candoia carinata paulsoni or Solomon Island Ground Boa. Interestingly, both rough scaled boas and viper boas are also sub-species of Candoia.

Solomons are dark like that when they are young and tend to get lighter/brighter as they grow. Very nice baby there - yours or planning to be yours?? Bioteacher here works with several of the Candoia species but I can't for the life of me find his website.

Here's another that gives some good info regarding them but not many pics... www.kingsnake.com/groundboa

This one is decent too... http://candoia.ca/

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Originally Posted by Evenstar

My guess (with near certainty) would be Candoia carinata paulsoni or Solomon Island Ground Boa. Interestingly, both rough scaled boas and viper boas are also sub-species of Candoia.

Solomons are dark like that when they are young and tend to get lighter/brighter as they grow. Very nice baby there - yours or planning to be yours?? Bioteacher here works with several of the Candoia species but I can't for the life of me find his website.

Here's another that gives some good info regarding them but not many pics... www.kingsnake.com/groundboa

This one is decent too... http://candoia.ca/

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Picking it up tomorrow. I believe that it's a Solomon Island ground Boa as well.

Awesome! Those aren't too common - want more pics once you bring him home!! ;)

Indeed, that's why I'm taking it.

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Originally Posted by TheWinWizard

Indeed, that's why I'm taking it.

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Lucky you!

It is a Solomon Island Ground Boa - C. paulsoni. Figuring out sex is easy - spurs = male; no spurs = female Figuring out locality is a whole other story. The best guess would be Halmahera... which can/will lighten and darken throughout the day.

Here is some info on them from my site: http://nyexotics.blogspot.com/2012/0...husbandry.html

By chance, anymore where you're getting it from? :D

Thanks for the info bioteacher. Any guess on it's age? Also will it lighten up as it gets older? Your site is awesome by the way. I got it from a friend who has a pet store who got it in trade from a young lady. I'm currently conversing with her to find out who she acquired it from. So at this time, no.

E-mail being sent momentarily - thanks for the comment on my site:D

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Originally Posted by Evenstar

Awesome! Those aren't too common - want more pics once you bring him home!! ;)

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I haven't forgotten the pics, just letting him settle into his new crib.

Cool! Looking forward to seeing more of him!

He looks similar to a viper boa

Same species.

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Originally Posted by TheWinWizard

Same species.

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Oh, haha
I honestly didnt know that. But ya that would explain why it looked like a viper boa to me :oops:

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Oh, haha
I honestly didnt know that. But ya that would explain why it looked like a viper boa to me :oops:

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Close.... same genus, different species. :) Viper boas are C. aspera and SI Ground Boas are C. paulsoni

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Originally Posted by bioteacher

Close.... same genus, different species. :) Viper boas are C. aspera and SI Ground Boas are C. paulsoni

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Sorry Chris, you know what I meant. LOL