Waigeo Island Tree Boa- Candoia carinata caranita

I got this beautiful girl from Jerry Conway in September and I am in love with her. I knew they were small but I was very shocked to see how small they are in person. She is about 4 years old and so little. She eats live pinks which I wish she would eat f/t but hey she's eating mice so I happy with that.

Here she is.












Thanks for looking.

Sweet snake!

What a fascinating (and beautiful) boa. Nice pics too. Congrats!!

Thank you both.

That is a wicked cool boa
Try some pics on a green background next time

Thank you, she is one cool looking boa. I will try a green background next time and see how she looks.

I'm so glad you posted the pics, she's gorgeous! The stripe is very cool. Jerry seems to be the source of most great Candoia, and he's been very helpful with advice on mine.

So far my female is 3 years old and still only about 1 metre long (that's 3 feet for you USA types), so they are quite slow growing. Kind of corn snake size! But I only feed them on geckos: I'd love to know how fast she grows on mice.

My C bibroni bibroni are distinctly nocturnal; how is C caritina?

Originally Posted by Helenthereef

I'm so glad you posted the pics, she's gorgeous! The stripe is very cool. Jerry seems to be the source of most great Candoia, and he's been very helpful with advice on mine.

So far my female is 3 years old and still only about 1 metre long (that's 3 feet for you USA types), so they are quite slow growing. Kind of corn snake size! But I only feed them on geckos: I'd love to know how fast she grows on mice.

My C bibroni bibroni are distinctly nocturnal; how is C caritina?

I don't think she is going to grow anymore they max out between 18''-24'' and she is 20'' and 4 years old. I was amazed at how small she was my yearling corns are bigger than her lol.

I have branches, lots of plants and one hide for her and she tends to stay in the hide most of the time but when I do see her out it tends to be at night also.

I've been thinking about breeding her eventually but I'm not sure I would be able to feed the little ones geckos or anoles. We'll see I may give it a try once cause I do love them and it's a shame they are not that well known.

Wow, that is small. With C bibroni the males stay under 4 feet, but the females get much larger. How big do male caritina get?

Her face is much more angular then the Fiji boas, really sharp!

Finding food for the tiny neonates isn't easy: mine needed TINY newly hatched house geckos. See feeding shots below from when they were about 6 months old.

They did occasionally take dropped tails from larger geckos, so there is a renewable food source if you have the heart...... There's a guy in the UK who got his new born C bibroni australis straight onto mice, so it is possible.

Sorry, can't spell, for caritina please read "carinata"