Meet Achilles - Page 2

Mikoh4792 · 02-09-14, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by limey

Totally! I almost forgot about some of those others, Mikoh.

There's a real handful of "dwarf" localities when it comes to boas,Sharlynn, that a lot of people are unaware of. To most average joes - a red tail is a red tail, either a BCC or a BCI. But no, that's not true! There are BCO's and more. What makes boa constrictors so special is there are so many individual varieties it's staggering, and I'm not talking about these so-called morphs created by breeders - I mean natural geographic races.

Very exciting stuff, if you ask me.

While these 3 may not all be "dwarfs", I love Hog Islands, Pokigron Suriname's and Peruvian Longtails best.

I mean, look at this beauty of a Peruvian Longtail... it makes me droooooool.

Beautiful specimen.

Snakefood · 02-09-14, 10:49 AM

What about the Amerilies (sp?) Not sure if I have the right Boa here, but isn't there one that stays under 5' even in the females??

Sharlynn93 · 02-09-14, 10:53 AM

Wow...looks like we have a lot of research to do! Lol...someday maybe I will have one...we will need a bigger snake room!

Snakefood · 02-09-14, 11:03 AM

Yes, there are Boa's that stay on the smaller side, I *think* one of them is called an Amarili, pretty little things.

Mikoh4792 · 02-09-14, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Snakefood

What about the Amerilies (sp?) Not sure if I have the right Boa here, but isn't there one that stays under 5' even in the females??

Not just one, but many. All of the locales that have been mentioned by Limey and I usually stay under 5 feet.

Tarahumaras usually max out around 3-4 feet. Cay caulkers usually max out around 4 feet....etc and so on

**Tsubaki** · 02-09-14, 11:16 AM

When it comes to dwarfs, my second love are Hog islands but they do not stay terribly small (smaller than any general boa still). But my number one have to be Nicaragua's. My favorite dwarf boa's, especially the Hypo nic.. Stunning. They are TINY, and mine had attitude

Mikoh4792 · 02-09-14, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Tsubaki

When it comes to dwarfs, my second love are Hog islands but they do not stay terribly small (smaller than any general boa still). But my number one have to be Nicaragua's. My favorite dwarf boa's, especially the Hypo nic.. Stunning. They are TINY, and mine had attitude

I love nicaraguans as well. Hypo nics remind me of some really red corn island boas.

Snakefood · 02-09-14, 11:41 AM

Ya, I have a chance at a pair of Hypo (Columbians, or so they say) But they want $400 for the pair, BUT, I know I can also get a pair of Salmons for $300.

I Love the Hypo's, their coloring is awesome, but I also love the Salmons. And as far as I understand it Salmons are a "higher end" morph" than they Hypo's, so I am having a hard time to decide whether it is reasonable to pay $100 more for the "lesser" morph.

Anyways, it's not like I don't have time to decide what to do. I have to wait for my new BP racks to come in which will free up my Boaphiles, and also: other than the female Lavendar Corn I need for a long awaited project, hubby said that I can't spend $100's of dollars on snakes until I have hatchlings to sell/trade. (I have put out an exorbitant amount of $$ on my snakes in the last year, so I understand where he is coming from!!)