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Breeding pics of some Solomon Island Ground boas (Candoia c. paulsoni).

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Caught my two male 'dirty' Isabels courting a gray female.
 

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Wow there beautiful!!! Im very jealous!!!
I wish I could work with this species! There very rare in Canada.
Wish you the best with some babys!! Keep us updated would love to see more pics!!!
 
Candoia

Thanks Daniel. I'm excited as this will be my 1st breeding of this sp. Its taken me 2 yrs to put this group together. I'm starting my frog hatchery for the baby boas now lol.

Jay
 
Candoia

It's hard to say as most of my group consisting of 5.4 are from different sources. As far as I know, the Isabels are restricted to that specific island, but I'm not 100% sure.

Jay
 
Cool thanks for getting back!
You have a nice large group that's awesome!!

There's only one guy in Canada that I know working with Candoia.
Really wish there where more. Your a very lucky guy!!
 
Congratulations! Hope it works out well. How long do you expect to leave them together?

I'm actually in the Solomon Islands right now, but diving not trekking so haven't been able to see any in the wild....
 
Just for fun, here are a couple of photos of a carved pillar here on Guadalcanal Island, Solomons. The boa is quite accurate really - if you can see these in sufficient details, the markings are really similar to your snakes :D.
 

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Man Helen, I'm jealous! I almost went to Fiji in 2006 on my trip to New Zealand but I'm glad I didn't.... the week we were thinking about visiting was when that military coup went down.

Does anybody know who works with Candoia in the states? They certainly are fascinating critters.
 
super excited for you. I am interested in getting into breeding. I have a female ground boa and i am interested in finding one or two males to breed with her. i saw a pic of a really awsome looking candoia online that was extremely white. not sure if they are common for an isabel island snake or if it is a recessive color morph. anybody have any info on the colors and how they play out with breeding i am interested to hear.
 
Exciting. I am interested in getting into breeding. I have a female that looks like this one. Do the babies come out split fifty fifty in terms of light and dark coloration?
 
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