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Awhile back, there was a thread about "Red-Tailed Boas", in which I mentioned that in the pet trade, it's common to call ANY Boa constrictor sp. a "Red-Tailed" Boa, and that term is especially commonly used with the Colombians and Central American Boas(B.c. imperator). I decided to do a little impromptu photo shoot with my recent aquisition off Craig's List, a young adult male TRUE Red-Tailed Boa, a Suriname. He's a long-term captive, wild-caught import who has a rather aberrant pattern-don't know if it's genetic yet since he's never been bred. I threw in a light yellowish young female Colombian Boa that I've had for about a year now for comparison, and understand that she is lighter and probably a bit nicer-looking than the average Colombian Boa...more on her in a bit.
First up, the male Suriname:
AND the female Colombian:
Now, the two of them together:
You can see that the Suri is a lot "cleaner", and this is especially apparent in the tail.
Speaking of which:
There's differences in the heads, too. The BCC's have a larger head in proportion to their bodies, but it's got a more flattened appearance, with more prominent eyes, than the BCI's, and the body style of the BCC's tends to be leaner and almost Rat Snake-like, while that of the BCI's is more cylindrical.
I got this female in a trade about a year ago, and I'd actually been planning on selling her, since she's got more black speckling that I like on my Boas, but she's really coloring up nicely, speckling or no, so I'm really leaning towards keeping her. That yellowish-gold coloration is really quite nice.
pitbulllady
First up, the male Suriname:
AND the female Colombian:
Now, the two of them together:
You can see that the Suri is a lot "cleaner", and this is especially apparent in the tail.
Speaking of which:
There's differences in the heads, too. The BCC's have a larger head in proportion to their bodies, but it's got a more flattened appearance, with more prominent eyes, than the BCI's, and the body style of the BCC's tends to be leaner and almost Rat Snake-like, while that of the BCI's is more cylindrical.
I got this female in a trade about a year ago, and I'd actually been planning on selling her, since she's got more black speckling that I like on my Boas, but she's really coloring up nicely, speckling or no, so I'm really leaning towards keeping her. That yellowish-gold coloration is really quite nice.
pitbulllady