Information on Hogg Island

[Aaron_S]

Hey,
I am doing a presentation on snakes for biology class and will be showing some snakes and 1 will be a Hogg island boa.Now I don't know too much bout this species and would like any info on them that you could possibly give me.

Thanks in advance

[Zoe]

http://www.centralpets.com/pages/critterpages/reptiles/snakes/SNK2756.shtml

There is all the info you should need in there :]

GL!
Zoe

[Aaron_S]

thanks a ton Zoe

[LdyDrgn]

I notice that they say "boa constrictor ssp". I'm sure you already know this, but they are of the ssp imperator. :)

[Linds]

4-5 feet eh? Hehehe... better tell my 6+' girl that :p

[LdyDrgn]

LOL Linds. We have a real nice Reptile book here with lots of purdy pics. The photographers went to a zoo somewhere to get these pics... under b.c. occidentalis it states their average size is 3'!! HAHAHAHA Tell that to my male that is near 5' and not even 2 yrs old! You'd think the zoo could provide them with better info...???

[boa_mania]

uhm i read that article, the one zoe, pasted the link too, well, it states this "Native to the Cayos Cachinos Islands of Santa Elena, Roatan, and Guanaja" i am sorry but the islands of santa elena, Roatan and Guanaja, are from the Baye Ilsand Chain, miles away from Cayo's Cachinos. the boas on the baye island have absolutely no resemblance to hog islands, i know this because i have boas from these islands.

i read almost every peice of info on hog islands, heres a excerpt from my website,

The bay Islands are a string of islands off the coast of Honduras, known as Isles De Bahai. Situated between the Bay Island's and the coast of Honduras is the islands of Cayos De Los Cochinos. Although there may no longer be any boa's left on the islands of Cayos Cochinos, they are however well represented in the pet trade today. Also known as Hog Island Boa's, these boas have become very popular over these past few years. Some of their popularity is due to their small size with males reaching sexual maturity at three and one half feet. Hog Island Boa's are known to go through significant color changes and may appear to be a totally different boa at night then what they look like in the morning. The color changes may be for camouflage purposes. These Boa's originate from a small island that mostly consist of white sand with ground cover consisting of dried orange and brown leaf litter. This may be why these Boa's take on a darker more orange and brown appearance during the day then whiten up at night. This significant color change is shared by other small island Morphs along the Central American coast line.

On a sadder note however, more and more people have been crossing these beautiful boa's with other localities such as Columbians, etc.. As the demand for new color morphs increase so does the chances of people cross breeding boas to acquire such morphs.


a really good reading on hog islands is at the link,

( http://www.animalnetwork.com/reptiles/library/articleview.asp?Section=&RecordNo=1872 )

it was an article in reptiles magazine years ago, anyways click down to the section entitled Piggies, thanx mike