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HELP! What Kind of Boa???

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  • 08-07-2008, 06:04 AM
    norcal_707
    HELP! What Kind of Boa???
    I need help! I know that this is going to sound really ignorant but it is what it is :) When a family member could no longer care for their snake they came to me for a possible home. Long story short we ended up taking it home and it has worked out great, but we were told it was a Rainbow Boa and I didn't even second guess it because I could see the rainbow effect it had when in the direct sunlight. I decided to look around the web for pictures of other rainbow boas to compare with ours and quickly realized that I couldn't find any that looked like it at all!! I started looking at TONS of pics to try and figure it out but there are SOOO many! PLease let me know what you think!!
    http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h1...bruce/1-15.jpg

    http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h1...bruce/2-14.jpg
  • 08-07-2008, 06:12 AM
    Chandler reptiles
    Re: HELP! What Kind of Boa???
    Best guess is just a standard boa constrictor imperator.
  • 08-07-2008, 10:27 AM
    snakelady
    Re: HELP! What Kind of Boa???
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Chandler reptiles View Post
    Best guess is just a standard boa constrictor imperator.

    Yes, they do have some "rainbows" in the sun also.
    Definitely not a rainbow boa. :)
  • 08-07-2008, 10:41 AM
    mr86mister
    Re: HELP! What Kind of Boa???
    Maybe a Columbian Red Tail?
  • 08-07-2008, 12:07 PM
    darkangel
    Re: HELP! What Kind of Boa???
    This is your common colombian "red-tail" boa. The rainbow effect is just iridescence from light interacting with the scales, not the type of boa.
  • 08-07-2008, 12:16 PM
    littleindiangirl
    Re: HELP! What Kind of Boa???
    I think it's that phone game, some one says "red tail" boa, then on down the line it turns into Rainbow boa. They kinda sound the same right? ;)
  • 08-07-2008, 12:19 PM
    Patrick Long
    Re: HELP! What Kind of Boa???
    Im not an expert, but that definitely does not look like a normal BCI
  • 08-07-2008, 12:34 PM
    qiksilver
    Re: HELP! What Kind of Boa???
    Yeah so that's just a normal Bci, has a great pattern though.
  • 08-07-2008, 01:00 PM
    Patrick Long
    Re: HELP! What Kind of Boa???
    look at how clean the pattern is, and very reduced, and almost no speckling
  • 08-07-2008, 01:14 PM
    starmom
    Re: HELP! What Kind of Boa???
    I think it's a Bci. The head size relative to the body size indicates a Bci (Bcc's seem to have a larger head relative to body size), also, the body is a little bit more oval shaped and so suggests Bci, also, it seems to have large and noticeable jaw muscles that are not so noticeable in Bcc's.

    So, I think it is a Bci with maybe a little bit of a specific locale thrown in...?
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