Candoia
| Candoia | |
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| Boa tanah pasifik (Candoia carinata) | |
Klasifikasi ilmiah 
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| Kerajaan: | Animalia |
| Filum: | Chordata |
| Kelas: | Reptilia |
| Ordo: | Squamata |
| Subordo: | Serpentes |
| Famili: | Boidae |
| Subfamili: | Candoiinae |
| Genus: | Candoia Gray, 1842 |
| Sinonim[1] | |
Boa pasifik atau bernama lokal Mono, adalah kelompok ular boa yang terdiri dari 4 spesies. Ciri khas ular-ular ini adalah hidung mereka yang berbentuk kotak. Mereka tersebar di Maluku, Papua, dan Oseania (kecuali Tasmania, Selandia baru, dan Hawaii). Nama lokal ular ini adalah Mono atau Ular mono, sedangkan nama umumnya adalah Boa Pasifik. Dalam bahasa inggris disebut Bevel-nosed boa.[2] Panjang ular ini mencapai 1,8 meter tergantung spesies.
Agihan
Tersebar luas di Maluku, Papua, Kepulauan Bismarck, Kepulauan Solomon, Melanesia, Fiji, dan Samoa.
Spesies
- Candoia aspera Gunther, 1877 - Boa tanah Papua
- Candoia bibroni Dumeril & Bibron, 1844 - Boa Fiji
- Candoia carinata Schneider, 1801 - Boa pohon Papua
- Candoia paulsoni Stull, 1956
- Candoia superciliosa Gunther, 1863
Referensi
- ^ McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A.; Touré, T.A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference Vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ "Candoia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Diakses tanggal 5 July 2008.
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