Candoia paulsoni

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| status_ref = 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.

| genus = Candoia

| species = paulsoni

| authority = (Stull, 1956)

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Enygrus carinatus paulsoni Stull, 1956
Candoia paulsoni Smith et al., 2001

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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.{{cite web |url= https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Candoia&species=paulsoni |title= Candoia paulsoni (STULL, 1956) |author= |date= |website= Reptile Database |publisher= Peter Uetz and Jakob Hallermann |access-date= 17 June 2021}}

Subspecies

C. p. paulsoni (Stull, 1956) – the Solomon Islands
C. p. vindumi Smith & Chiszar, 2001 – Bougainville Island
C. p. tasmai Smith & Tepedelen 2001 – Halmahera and the Talaud Islands, as well as SulawesiRuud 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
C. p. mcdowelli Smith & Chiszar, 2001 – eastern Papua New Guinea
C. p. sadlieri Smith & Chiszar, 2001 – Woodlark Island
C. p. rosadoi Smith & Chiszar, 2001 – Misima Island

Distribution

The type locality is Ugi Island in the Solomon Islands.

Etymology

The specific name paulsoni is in honor of the Swedish herpetologist John Paulson.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}}

References

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Category:Snakes of New Guinea

Category:Reptiles of Papua New Guinea

Category:Reptiles of the Solomon Islands

Category:Reptiles of Indonesia

Category:Taxa named by Olive Griffith Stull

Category:Reptiles described in 1956