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SnakeLady1990
10-04-10, 07:43 PM
My friend got this snake awhile back and seems to think it is a burmese...I know it's not but need help on convincing her as she got it from a good friend that bred it and has known them longer than she has me...and he told her it was a burmese.

Also, can you maybe tell me what kind of boa it is? I have never seen one this dark...

(Sorry, I took these photos w/ my phone but it really is this dark!)

http://i433.photobucket.com/albums/qq58/misschristina90/Debbies%20Snake/SSPX0373.jpg

http://i433.photobucket.com/albums/qq58/misschristina90/Debbies%20Snake/SSPX0372.jpg

http://i433.photobucket.com/albums/qq58/misschristina90/Debbies%20Snake/SSPX0374.jpg

http://i433.photobucket.com/albums/qq58/misschristina90/Debbies%20Snake/SSPX0369.jpg

http://i433.photobucket.com/albums/qq58/misschristina90/Debbies%20Snake/SSPX0370.jpg

Thanks!
Freebody
10-04-10, 09:59 PM
im sorry i cant tell by the photos, pattern looks like a regualr columbian boa to me.
SnakeLady1990
10-05-10, 07:18 AM
im sorry i cant tell by the photos, pattern looks like a regualr columbian boa to me.

I posted it to redtail.net and eveyone there is saying nicaraguan boa...hmmmm
marvelfreak
10-05-10, 08:01 AM
I posted it to redtail.net and eveyone there is saying nicaraguan boa...hmmmm
That what i was thinking by the high saddles and darker color, but it could be a Columbian. The one thing i am 100% sure of is that isn't a burmese python, and the guy she got it from is a idiot. He should be breeding if he didn't know it was a boa. :no: Tell the guy to do a search online of pictures of red tail boas and burmese python.
Jenn_06
10-05-10, 08:22 AM
might be a nicaraguan or just a normal, can you get some pics of it in more light?
SnakeyJay
10-06-10, 04:13 AM
looks like a columbian to me but that mite just be the darkness of the phone pics... also the pattern is pretty defined. x
SnakeLady1990
10-06-10, 06:56 AM
might be a nicaraguan or just a normal, can you get some pics of it in more light?

That is in the light...she is HONESTLY that dark! The darkest boa I have ever seen...
Will0W783
10-06-10, 12:13 PM
Yup...Nicaraguan boa. They are typically dark and usually mostly shades of gray and dull bark-ish brown.
SnakeyJay
10-06-10, 12:51 PM
yeh the columbians lose pretty much all their markings as they get older x
Freebody
10-06-10, 04:12 PM
i could see it being nicaraguan as well. i was thinking it could be either columbian or a Nic, but i forgot the name, I ended up looking up argentine boa thinking that was the snake i was thinking i seen like it in my head, and when i seen the pics, i was like hmm what was i thinking thats not it lol
Aaron_S
10-06-10, 04:18 PM
It's simply a Nicaraguan boa. Did they change Central American's to Nic boas? I don't hear of Central's anymore.
Freebody
10-06-10, 04:21 PM
good question, i have not heard of them recently either, i see Old post about them but nothing up to date. looking forward to seeing a responce to this question.
SnakeLady1990
10-07-10, 06:51 AM
i could see it being nicaraguan as well. i was thinking it could be either columbian or a Nic, but i forgot the name, I ended up looking up argentine boa thinking that was the snake i was thinking i seen like it in my head, and when i seen the pics, i was like hmm what was i thinking thats not it lol

>I did the SAME thing thinking I seen a photo of a darker boa and looked up argentine...then felt really dumb, hahaha.
Freebody
10-07-10, 11:38 AM
their was some argentile boas for sale here the other day, i wanted to get one or two so bad but they are all sold out now. they are very beautifull snakes as well as super rare around here now. from what i read on the site that was selling them is they are banned to import export from canada now.
SnakeLady1990
10-08-10, 06:57 AM
their was some argentile boas for sale here the other day, i wanted to get one or two so bad but they are all sold out now. they are very beautifull snakes as well as super rare around here now. from what i read on the site that was selling them is they are banned to import export from canada now.

Oh that really sucks...I wish I could have several of every non venomous snake in the pet trade :) That would rock!