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Are all the various patterns and color phases of the "indo tree boas" locality specific? If so, does anyone have information/photos that describe where the variations occur?

Hey Dan,
From what I know, C. carinata don't show any specific coloration in relation to locale. In fact, from talking with people that live in/near those islands, none of the Candoia have specific locale coloration.

That being said, I've found that the halmahera island C. paulsoni I have are typically smaller and have different colored bellies than the other locales... but that could simply be due to too small of a set of animals to look at. Even the white "Isabel" island paulsoni exist on other islands. Speaking with someone who went and herped islands in that area, he said he was finding white paulsoni on all/other islands besides Isabel.
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Chris Carille
Marist College and Mount Saint Mary College, NY
Department of Biology
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Thanks Chris! I agree, not enough sampling and recording has been done with any of the Candoia species. I'm sure more species info will be revealed as time goes on.

Chris, are you still breeding Candoia?

Sorry, just saw this message... yeah I'm still working with a few Candoia species... I have a couple australis I believe to be gravid based on size and witnessing copulation, but I thought the same last year and was fooled.
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Chris Carille
Marist College and Mount Saint Mary College, NY
Department of Biology
Chris Carille Photography - carillephoto.com
Garden of Eden Exotics - edenexotics.weebly.com
http://nyexotics.blogspot.com/