My Pride 'n Joy...Jamaican Boa Female

[Simon Sansom]

Here is a full-body shot of my big girl. Pardon the pic quality, but my full-body shots never seem to come out right.
She's seven feet long (and yes, she has a stub-tail from an accident when she was a tiny baby) and weighs 12.5 pounds.
I think this pic does show off her bright-yellow "lightning strike" markings, though...
http://image.inkfrog.com/pix/simonsansom/232061picture.jpg

She is extremely powerful for her size, and has a massive head with very powerful jaws, for a snake. This is one of the most impressive snakes that I've ever handled. I love her immensely.

I'll try to get a pic up of the male later tonight...

Thanks for looking,

Simon

[Simon]

Wow~
she looks huge~
and lovely lighting patterns~ the yellow on her is really nice too~
LOL...if you didn't mention about the tail I thoughshe was born like that..a short tail...haha
great pics!
hope to see the male soon~

[Clownfishie]

She's beautiful Simon, I can see why you love her so much! :)

[Stockwell]

She looks Great Simon!! She has major weight on her. Should make for a massive litter.

[Matt]

simon, awesome female man!
thats one of the heaviest jamaicans Ive seen, congrats, she looks great!!!

[Invictus]

Extremely impressive!! So that's what my future baby Jamaicans will look like when they reach adulthood, eh? :)

[Linds]

She looks awesome! Hope her babies turn out to be as nice as her. LOL... hard to imagine them ever getting that large :p

[chappy]

WOW she's sweet Simon, I didn't even know they got that big.

OK Linds now it's your turn :D

Nick

[crazyboy]

awesome

[Simon Sansom]

Thank you very much for the kind words, everyone!

Hi Invictus: Epicrates subflavus seems to be quite variable in colouration. The babies are a bright, kind of "brick-orange" with darker black and brown markings. From what I've seen of my two litters, the babies all seem to look pretty much identical. Very little individual variation is noticeable from a casual glance..
As they grow, they change, and it can be difficult to know what they'll look like.
I have been told that my female is exceptionally pretty, and honestly, compared to some that I've seen from overseas collections, I have to agree. I have seen an adult male with very bright orange all over the neck region and bright orange banding - gorgeous.
My male is much smaller and coloured differently from the female. He has just gone into a shed, so I'll post pics when he's done. Sometimes it's difficult to believe that the male and female are the same species, lol!

Nick; I have heard that they may attain a length of over ten feet. I know a gentleman in the U.S. who has, I believe, an eight-foot male!

Thanks again,

Simon

[Gaboon]

Thats a beautiful snake man what kind did you say she was

[Simon Sansom]

Hi Gaboon,

She's a Jamaican Boa (Epicrates subflavus).

Cheers!

Simon

[Sean_.E.]

Very, very nice! She's jaw-dropping! :)

[TheRedDragon]

Wow! VERY gorgeous, I'd really love to get several of those. :)

[Ryan and Katie]

Wow! I cannot believe that our Jamaicans may get that large.
Stunning!

[SerpentLust]

Awesome! Big freakin snake

Jenn

[Nett]

WOW........Very nice .......I always liked those :D

[RepTylE]

Extremely impressive , Simon. I got to get one of those beauties.

[foman]

Nice snake the yellow really comes out around the head. Very funky.