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Old 08-30-12, 10:26 AM   #1
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A BCI Taxonomy Quandary

I got to thinking why all the island boas aren't in a separate subspecies from Boa Constrictor Imperator????

Island boas like Hog Island, Caulkers, Crawl cays, and Corn Islands all have different adaptions and obviously should all be put into a different subspecies so why don't all the herpetologists and herptoculturists recognize these clearly different boas as their own species????
Does anybody know why this hasn't been done?
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