Boa Q

[zimbabwepegasus]

Sooo...
All right what kind of boa- scientific family name- are the ones that are super light (something I always associate with Surinames- although my most recent googling suggests it's also true with bolivians, brazilians & to a lesser extent peruvians) with high contrast tails? You know, the ones that almost look like they slithered through some white chalk, but didn't get their tail... like Dave's suriname.

Is this a morph of BCI or BCC?

BCC & BCI differences have to do with how their saddles are shaped, right? I assume there's a scale count thing involved too....?

In short, will someone who's bored give me a crash course in Boa Constrictor identification- focusing largely on the difference between location classifications and scientific classifications.

 

[PastorAaron]

Basically Locale questions can be answered with:

The answer is pattern shape, scale count, and sometimes place where the original stock was picked up. The problem comes in when we realize that boas don't recognize our national boundaries. There is a fair amount of cross breeding that goes on in wild populations (Even between amazon tree boas and other tree boa species...producing fertile offspring!!)
Light boas would include Suriname, Pastel BCI, Ghost BCI, and isolated examples of just about every other subspecies save for Argentines and a few others. Pearl Islands are VERY much what you are talking about, but also extremely expensive.
Hope that at least begins to help.
God Bless,
Aaron

 

[zimbabwepegasus]

Okay- both surinames. What's the difference? namewise and/or genetically

 

[PastorAaron]

Suriname boas tend to color up with age...most boas are born lighter and color up with age.
God Bless,
Aaron

 

[zimbabwepegasus]

So the bottom one is going to grow up to look like the top one?
Darn.
I like the bottom one