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11-04-13, 09:16 PM
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what kind of boa do I have.. Cant tell from chart
okay I have a 6 foot boa constricter.. doNT know if its a redtail, columbian or just a plain boa.. can you help indentify him/her
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11-04-13, 09:24 PM
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Re: what kind of boa do I have.. Cant tell from chart
looks like a normal bci colombian boa to me.. can you post some pictures of the tail and a full body shot?
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11-04-13, 09:41 PM
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Re: what kind of boa do I have.. Cant tell from chart
No such thing as a "plain boa".
I to would agree with colombian boa.
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11-04-13, 10:10 PM
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Re: what kind of boa do I have.. Cant tell from chart
okay so is there different kind of "comon boas" or is it just one kind..??
I was told I had a "columbian red tail boa".. iss there even such thing??
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11-04-13, 10:18 PM
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Re: what kind of boa do I have.. Cant tell from chart
Not many people have actual colombian boa constrictor constrictors. Many colombian boas in captivity in the US are actually colombian boa constrictor imperator, aka the common boa.
Real red-tailed boas are boa constrictor constrictor which include the different locals like suriname, guyana, peru...etc
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11-05-13, 06:09 AM
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Re: what kind of boa do I have.. Cant tell from chart
Mikoh, what the heck is a Colombian bcc?
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11-05-13, 07:49 AM
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Re: what kind of boa do I have.. Cant tell from chart
They are the bcc that come from Colombia. The bcc and bci are separated by either a mountain range or river(i forgot, I will have to go back and find it) and there is a point of integration between the two.
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From the book The Complete Boa Constrictor:
page 166
"There are two boa subspecies that are indigenous to Colombia. Boa c. imperator and Boa c. constrictor. Boa c. imperator is found west of the Andes and Boa c. constrictor is found to the east. In this chapter we will discuss the more commonly exported boa, Boa c. imperator."
"One theory regarding the large size of the mainland Colombian Boa c. imperator relates to the fact that the ranges of Boa c. constrictor(the true red-tailed boas found east of the Andes) and Boa c. imperator overlap in the northern portion of Colombia. The Andes mountains are too high for the boas to pass over and have always been a natural barrier between these two subspecies. However, the Andes Mountain Range is lower in altitude in the middle of Colombia and it is here that the two subspecies co-mingle"
Last edited by Mikoh4792; 11-05-13 at 08:02 AM..
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11-05-13, 09:25 AM
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Re: what kind of boa do I have.. Cant tell from chart
Hears someone say that once but they never backed it up. Very cool.
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11-05-13, 10:03 AM
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Re: what kind of boa do I have.. Cant tell from chart
Nice info Mikoh!
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