My BCC

[Cmwells90]

This is my BCC Kaa just after a new shed. Although I'm not sure it's a female anymore. After looking closely at the vent, I can see spurs to the left and right. Does this make it a He?

[Mikoh4792]

Nice boa. Looks bci to me. Did you name it kaa after the dwarf boa on youtube? lol

[smy_749]

Males and females both have spurs

[poison123]

He looks to have a very nice clean pattern :) I would also say BCI

And as smy said both genders have spurs.

[sharthun]

Cool boa! :cool:

[Cmwells90]

hmm BCI? What would be the difference? The name Kaa comes from the Jungle book. Thanks about the sex thing, I'll have to get it checked then, I don't really feel comfortable popping him myself.

[sweatshirt]

BCIs or boa constrictor imperators, or common boas. Common boas have less bright tails, and cost less (assuming it's a normal/dependent on the morph)

BCCs or boa constrictor constrictors, or true red tails. They grow a bit bigger, and have cleaner saddles and beautiful tales, if bred good that is...

Yours looks BCI to me as well. I looked at this thread last night, and thought so, but I thought I could have been wrong.

[Jack C]

By the look of the saddles I'd say BCI, a nice one too.

[bcr226]

Yeah, that's a BCI Columbian. Nice looking one too. We have three of them and they're great snakes.

[lash]

awesome looking boa

[Ddub]

It looks to be a pretty bci to me as well. As for telling the difference between bci and bcc? Within each of the two subspecies there are both multiple localities/county of origin as well as an incredible degree of variability within each locale. For instance, bcc are distributed among several countries including Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru, Trinidad, etc. while these are all the same subspecies, they do not all share the same characteristics. Peruvian bcc tend to have pinched saddles similar to hypo bci and typically develop a golden color with age. Suriname bcc typically have peaked saddles and do not develop the same gold color. These boas do not always conform to these characteristics however and this is where variability comes into play. Surinames can be found without peaked saddles and Perus can be found with peaks. Bci are the same way. Each locality will look slightly different from the next and not all animals with each locale will conform to the "typical" look of that locale. So what's the best way to tell? Scale and saddle counts can be a starting point but there is some overlap between the two subspecies. My advice is to pick a locale and study it. Since yours seems to be a common bci (maybe Colombian?) study pictures of those. When you see enough pictures it'll start to sink in to where you can walk into a pet store or see pics and pick them out. Then move onto another. Just like identifying any other animal you are interested in. The differences will be subtle at first but after you see enough of them those differences will be obvious. Here are a couple of Suriname bcc pics for reference. Pay close attention to pattern, color, head shape, and anything else you can find, then compare that to yours.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7327/9244277416_e31f586c2a_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hostileporpoise/9244277416/)
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8080/8341144742_113e35fb1b_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hostileporpoise/8341144742/)
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8546/8986753273_4969722f06_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hostileporpoise/8986753273/)
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8358/8341147160_e896855c3f_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hostileporpoise/8341147160/)

[Cmwells90]

With the difference in subspecies, is there a difference in husbandry? Should I still keep all the same temps and humidity?