Never heard of the florida locale of RTB

[sg1trogdor]

http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?cat=8&de=648643

[FloridaHogs]

Sounds as bad as the guy on craigs list selling the rare Brazilian Rainbow RTB....

[pillowtalk6188]

idk but that is one bad ass looking rtb. i love the dad's colors.

[Icatsme]

If I remember correctly, there is actually a redtail colony that is thriving somewhere in the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area. It's some park or nature area, and no one bothers them. I remember reading about it and going, "I'll be darned."

I'll see if I can find a link with the story.

Edit - They aren't native to FL of course, they've just been there for a while.

[Icatsme]

Hmph, I can't find a link to the story. I must be surfing the internet waaay too much and getting my wires crossed.

It was something about boas being there for 40 years. Oh well.

Disregard my earlier post, I can't find the backup.

[JLC]

I'm pretty sure the guy is just saying they are Captive Bred in the state of Florida. Could have been worded better, but I don't see anything seriously wrong with it.

[Jakeseals]

icatsme, just to back you up, there are populations of boas in south florida. I would venture to say that this boa was produced by two "wild caught" boas from florida.

with few exceptions...

If you can find it in captivity, its living somewhere in south florida.

[sg1trogdor]

Well I am sure most ppl know that there are populations of non native snakes including rtb's in the everglades and suburban areas of florida from morons who release their animals. But that does not make them a florida rtb. That makes them some guys brazilian or whatever it happens to be that was released or escaped. IMO there will never be a Florida RTB or a Florida burm or any other non native snake granted they live there but they are not native there. Thus meaning florida is not and never will be their locale. Just my opinions I am sure that someone will jump in here and "prove me wrong" but I thanks you all for the input.



Forgot about this lol. The only way I could be swayed to the other side is if someone could prove that these animals have naturally migrated here and have started a breeding colony, other than that THERE IS NO FLORIDA LOCALE.

[sg1trogdor]

I'm pretty sure the guy is just saying they are Captive Bred in the state of Florida. Could have been worded better, but I don't see anything seriously wrong with it.

NOt saying thats its the end of the world or anything but I don't like the fact that someone can just make something up out of thin air. I don't consider two wild caught snakes which could have very possibly been someones pet puruvian or brazilian etc to count as a new snake which he is doing, possibly unknowingly but none the less is still doing. Now we will have peruvian, nicarauguan, columbian, brazilian, suriname, guyanan, etc i know i missed quite a few, and now to add to the list the infamous floridan lol. I don't know I have had a horrible day at work and needed something to nit pick im sure when i look back on this later I won't think twice about it but for now as the great Heather Wong would say "Meh".

[Jakeseals]

These boas have not migrated over to florida and have not naturally been placed there in any way, but they have been breeding there for half a century. They may not be native but they are creating their own unique population. If I were a buyer, the fact that they came from wc florida adults would definetly spark some interest.