Solomon Island Ground or Tree Boa?

[PandaPie]

I just got what I was told was a Solomon Island Tree Boa from an expo. It said "paulsoni [male]" on the case and, not being familiar with the scientific names, I didn't know that was for the ground boas. So now I have conflicting information and I don't know how to tell what I bought
Here are some pics I took of him just now:
Me holding him:
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/9259/dsc00550i.jpg
My friend holding him:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1512/dsc00549c.jpg
Head closeup:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2086/dsc00554pfh.jpg
They said he was about 2-3 yrs. old. I was going to get a 22 gal tall, but they said I might have to upgrade within a year, so I bought a 30 tall (and appropriate accessories under the impression he would be climbing...). Does anyone have any advice?

[JimiSnakes]

That's a Solomon. Nice looker too!

[Skiploder]

I just got what I was told was a Solomon Island Tree Boa from an expo. It said "paulsoni [male]" on the case and, not being familiar with the scientific names, I didn't know that was for the ground boas. So now I have conflicting information and I don't know how to tell what I bought
Here are some pics I took of him just now:
Me holding him:
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/9259/dsc00550i.jpg
My friend holding him:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1512/dsc00549c.jpg
Head closeup:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2086/dsc00554pfh.jpg
They said he was about 2-3 yrs. old. I was going to get a 22 gal tall, but they said I might have to upgrade within a year, so I bought a 30 tall (and appropriate accessories under the impression he would be climbing...). Does anyone have any advice?

It looks like your snake is a Paulsoni, as it appears to have the tell-tale dorsal zig-zag stripe.

[SRX]

That is a Solomon Island Ground Boa Candoia carinata paulsoni. Check out the Isabelle Island locale links on the right of the link below...

http://www.kingsnake.com/candoia/


This is a Solomon Island Tree Boa Candoia bibroni australis.

[waltah!]

It's quite a hottie! I love the pattern.

[freelancer]

If he's anything like mine, he's gonna love the climbing stuff so no worries there. Mine spends most of his time up in the tree even though he's a ground.

[Patrick Long]

http://www.kingsnake.com/candoia/

I see people post this all the time......


THESE IMAGE GALLERY LINKS DO NOT WORK

[Michelle.C]

Funny thing is, all Candoia are semi-arboreal. Some people call them Tree Boas, most call them Ground Boas.

Nice looking Candoia!

[nixer]

I just got what I was told was a Solomon Island Tree Boa from an expo. It said "paulsoni [male]" on the case and, not being familiar with the scientific names, I didn't know that was for the ground boas. So now I have conflicting information and I don't know how to tell what I bought
Here are some pics I took of him just now:
Me holding him:
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/9259/dsc00550i.jpg
My friend holding him:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1512/dsc00549c.jpg
Head closeup:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2086/dsc00554pfh.jpg
They said he was about 2-3 yrs. old. I was going to get a 22 gal tall, but they said I might have to upgrade within a year, so I bought a 30 tall (and appropriate accessories under the impression he would be climbing...). Does anyone have any advice?

thats one hot snake! i want 2

[PandaPie]

Thanks so much for the help everyone! Well whatever he is, he's very charming I'm glad he'll get at least some use out of the height in that case. Guess I'll just say he's a Solomon Island Boa.