Ok so after much consideration I've decided that my next herp pickup is going to be a Red Tail Boa. I need some opinions and suggestions though. What is considered desireable in red tails? Obviously a nice deep red tail is good and I really like striped tails but they might be out of my price range.

I'm just looking for something that might get a bit bigger plus I'm absolutely fascinated by live birth. I'm thinking a female to start off with because even though I don't really PLAN on breeding now if I ever decided to having a female that's already somewhat up to size would be good.

So now I'm wondering about locale...... Columbian, Nics, Arg (but I think they get a little too big for me right now), Dumerils...... Just need some opinions and some idea of how much I may be looking at paying for something like that. I know it's kind of a broad question but my birthday is coming up (4 days before christmas ) and my girlfriend wants to get me a new species lol.

Thanks in advance guys!