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Pacific Ground Boa
scientific name: Candoia carinata
| Cites status: | Cites Appendix II, obligation to keep records and to register! |
| Geographical Extension: | From Indonesia (amongst others Moluccas, Sulawesi, New Guinea) to the Pacific Islands (amongst others Solomon Islands) |
| Habitat: | rain forests, does not shy the vicinity of human settlements, crepuscular and nocturnal |
| Size: | between 60-100 cm |
| Life Expectancy: | over 20 years |
| Reproduction: | depending on the subspecies gives birth from 6 to 60 young animals |
| Temperature: | air temperature 28-30°C at day time, local heat spots up to 33°C. Night setback to 23°C. |
| Humidity: | 70-100% |
| Lighting: | Daylight fluorescent tubes e.g. "Sorry Link missing" or "Sorry Link missing" |
| Substrate: | loose, absorptive substrate (see "Sorry Link missing"). No grit or sand. |
| Cage Furniture: | climbing facilities are essential, various hiding places and a large water bowl make up the basic configuration of the terrarium. |
| food: | mice of an appropriate size. In the great outdoors they primarily eat small lizards and frogs. |
| Comment: | males stay considerably smaller than females. Candoia carinata paulsoni becomes larger and more massive than C. c. carinata. |