Whats next!?!?

Dumerils is a boa. Red tails aren't the only boas out there. ;)

Red tails can grow up to 10'.. sometimes a little more for a big female! Males typically stay in the 7-8' range.. but there is the potential for more.

Here's my 7' or so female surinam red tail boa.

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...8/DSCN1356.JPG

hog island boa (these stay smaller than most RTBs)

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...8/divahold.jpg

A bit of food for thought. :)

What April said...if you are into morphs, have a look at columbia boas or boa constrictor imperator. Hypos, albinos, sunglows, stripes, etc. Lots going on there.

Hogs, Suri's, Guyana, Argies...most folks just keep them homogenous (or try to) within the bloodline - but there's certainly a lot of variation. The locality B. constrictors have a lot of color differences, etc.

To get an idea of different colors and such of B. constrictor, check out these websites to get you started:

http://www.boa-constrictors.com/com/com.html
http://www.riobravoreptiles.com/

But don't forget other boas, like the Hog, rainbow, rosy, etc...all shapes, sizes, looks and origins...it's a huge variety. =)

Yeah.. you seem to want something bigger, so I didn't mention sand boas or rainbow boas. There really is a lot to choose from.. I'd go look through the boa classifieds on kingsnake.com and faunaclassifieds.com

yeah im looking more and more at the boas and im positive that my next snake..
I absolutley LOVE this color and pattern...

http://www.riobravoreptiles.com/imag...arge_index.jpg

Will they stay that color forever? its stunning!

Same for this one on the left.... gorgeous.

http://www.riobravoreptiles.com/imag...e_03_index.jpg


Are these reasonable for what im looking for?

Just a little reminder....if they are not your pictures, just post links. ;)

Yeah, Gus at Rio Bravo has some really, really nice animals! But, as April said, BCCs can get good sized. B.C. Amarali tend to stay smaller, and are equally as attractive as the Surinames. Hoggs are also an excellent choice for a smaller boa. This is mine, she's about 3ft.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...ureCrop110.jpg


Another option would be Jungle or Coastal Carpet pythons. They're reasonably priced, and pretty easy to keep. Jungles stay around 8ft or less, and Coastals can get up to 10ft, but both are slender builds. And they're pretty attactive also! (OK, I'm a little biased!). Here's mine.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...29.jpgcrop.jpg

One of our forum members here ssscales (Gerry) is a boa breeder and I think has a website up and running now. If you do a search for her threads you'll see some pics as well as I'm sure she'd be a great resource to help you further define what would be the perfect boa for you as far as size, housing, temperment, handling, morph, cost, etc.

I'm very partial to male BCI's (columbian boa's) due to our great experience with our foster, Rauri (check my own threads in BCI/BCC forum for pics and his story). His temperment is wonderful (he watches hockey!), though of course this is a big snake and when he's hungry you need to respect his power and long strike range. He's the best of both worlds in my mind...big enough to fulfill that longing to care for a big, powerful, beautiful snake but not so big he requires a boatload of your friends to come over everytime he has a dump in his cage LOL. We are adopting a juvenile BCI from another forum member as soon as Rauri ships to Texas, his forever home with another forum member here. If you'd like to see pics of that much younger, smaller BCI search the BCI/BCC forums using the search word "Severus", (threads by ladywhipple).

If you like I'll try to snap some new pics of him today and get a proper length and weight measurement on him to give you some idea of what a just over 2 year old male BCI looks like stats wise.

Whatever you decide to get (and there are so many wonderful boa's out there) please feel free to ask about good breeders or where to do your research...BOI http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...splay.php?f=13 and our own Inquiries section. There's a lot of great breeders and great baby boa's out there (it's birthing season right now you lucky dog!) but there's just as much bad stuff too. May as well get your money's worth and have a great experience first time out of the gate I figure.

If you want a boa that stays that red color, you will have to get a BCC (boa constrictor constrictor) boa instead of a BCI (boa constrictor imperator) BCC tend to be larger, but they also tend to keep a blood red tail. Now, you can look at the picture I posted of my big female (the surinam) she is no longer the color of the ones you posted. It's common for them to dull at least a little, but some exceptional specimens keep the jaw-dropping color.

Here is a picture of an exceptional adult http://www.millerreptiles.com/Surina...s/DSC01194.jpg

BCI boas include the most common localities. Colombian and hog island are the most notable.

BCC are a bit pricier, but still easy to find. They include Surinam, Peruvian, and Guyanan red tails.

Jungle carpet pythons are awesome snakes as Erin pointed out. They get brighter colored with age, which is unusual. This is a baby female of mine

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../JCPapr06b.JPG

And.. one of my blood pythons too. (can you tell I like showing pics? lol)

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...r06measure.JPG

Let us know what tickles your fancy!

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Here is a picture of an exceptional adult http://www.millerreptiles.com/Surin...is/DSC01194.jpg

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I literally had a sharp intake of breath when I clicked on that link and saw the picture. Someday someday someday...that is exactly what I want my future BCC to look like! Just.....wow.....

Suri's get big tho...I have a link to some pictures of an adult female suri from another message board (PM me for the link). She's 10' 6" long and 55lbs (April, this is the girl I linked you in IMs).

This girl is a bit darker than my Carmen but seems characteristics of adult Suri's - a bit pinker, a bit redder.

I keep looking for "pinkness" on Carmen and while I haven't seen any yet, I'm guessing we'll see it eventually. =)