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11-05-03, 05:02 PM
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Location: Southern Ontario
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My Pride 'n Joy...Jamaican Boa Female
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...
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
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11-05-03, 05:04 PM
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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~
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11-06-03, 12:49 AM
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Location: Victoria, BC
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She's beautiful Simon, I can see why you love her so much! 
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11-06-03, 01:15 AM
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She looks Great Simon!! She has major weight on her. Should make for a massive litter.
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11-06-03, 09:27 AM
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simon, awesome female man!
thats one of the heaviest jamaicans Ive seen, congrats, she looks great!!!
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11-06-03, 10:11 AM
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Location: Calgary, AB
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Extremely impressive!! So that's what my future baby Jamaicans will look like when they reach adulthood, eh?
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11-06-03, 11:09 AM
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She looks awesome! Hope her babies turn out to be as nice as her. LOL... hard to imagine them ever getting that large 
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11-06-03, 12:24 PM
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Location: Toronto, Ontario
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WOW she's sweet Simon, I didn't even know they got that big.
OK Linds now it's your turn 
Nick
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11-06-03, 12:51 PM
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awesome
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11-06-03, 04:22 PM
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Location: Southern Ontario
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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
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11-06-03, 06:26 PM
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Thats a beautiful snake man what kind did you say she was
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11-06-03, 07:07 PM
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Hi Gaboon,
She's a Jamaican Boa (Epicrates subflavus).
Cheers!
Simon
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11-07-03, 07:03 PM
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Location: Southern Ontario, Canada
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Very, very nice! She's jaw-dropping!
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11-07-03, 11:25 PM
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Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canuckland
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Wow! VERY gorgeous, I'd really love to get several of those.
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Snakes: 2.1 Corns, 1.1 Kings, 1.0 Everglades Rat, 1.1 Spotted Pythons, 1.2 Children's Pythons, 1.2 BCIs Lizards: 0.2 Leopard Geckos, 1.3 Bibron Geckos Inverts: 2.1 Tarantulas, 0.1 Emporer Scorpion Mammals: 0.2 Kittens
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11-08-03, 12:34 PM
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Location: Edmonton
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Wow! I cannot believe that our Jamaicans may get that large.
Stunning!
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