Some pics and a question

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Originally Posted by reptile_lover07

Ok. We counted the scales 242 the first time and 240 the second time. Also, I took some pictures of his belly and tail. I'll post them in a minute.

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You just counted the ventral scales?
You also need to count the dorsal scales.

I'm a little bit torn on this one, because the coloring is definitely BCI looking but the saddles and the style of pattern is very BCC..

Probably a cross, they are pretty common afterall.

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

You just counted the ventral scales?
You also need to count the dorsal scales.

I'm a little bit torn on this one, because the coloring is definitely BCI looking but the saddles and the style of pattern is very BCC..

Probably a cross, they are pretty common afterall.

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~Agreed.. Count the other scales and compare the 3 sets of numbers to the graph. All that speckling is very pretty. That and the light eyes are also a possible BCC trait. Maybe its a BCC crossed with a hypo BCI?

By changing colors I mean from light to dark and vice versa. The pink/orange areas would get more pink while the darker areas would get much darker. The light version would mean the snake looks a couple shades lighter.

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Originally Posted by Foschi Exotic Serpents

~Agreed.. Count the other scales and compare the 3 sets of numbers to the graph. All that speckling is very pretty. That and the light eyes are also a possible BCC trait. Maybe its a BCC crossed with a hypo BCI?

By changing colors I mean from light to dark and vice versa. The pink/orange areas would get more pink while the darker areas would get much darker. The light version would mean the snake looks a couple shades lighter.

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Light eyes are not a BCC trait normal BCI's have the same color.

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

You just counted the ventral scales?
You also need to count the dorsal scales.

I'm a little bit torn on this one, because the coloring is definitely BCI looking but the saddles and the style of pattern is very BCC..

Probably a cross, they are pretty common afterall.

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Originally Posted by Foschi Exotic Serpents

~Agreed.. Count the other scales and compare the 3 sets of numbers to the graph. All that speckling is very pretty. That and the light eyes are also a possible BCC trait. Maybe its a BCC crossed with a hypo BCI?

By changing colors I mean from light to dark and vice versa. The pink/orange areas would get more pink while the darker areas would get much darker. The light version would mean the snake looks a couple shades lighter.

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Then, yes. He does change colors throughout the day. How am I supposed to count ALL the dorsal scales?

Counting scales is not 100% when checking for BCC or BCI.

There is not one thing about that snake that says BCC. He's a BCI.

Go over to www.redtailboa.net and post up pictures. Then see how many people say he's a BCC. :rolleyes:

Also, the pattern of the saddles is called circle back. Not a common BCC trait. It is seen more in BCI.

He's a BCI one hundred percent I used to keep BCC"s forever weight scale counting aren't accurate because theres so many scales you always end up with a number close to the one you want. The colours are browned out the red in a BCC is RED!! and the white between on the tail is WHITE!!!! you get to know about the BCI and BCC diffrences as you look at alot of pictures redtailboa site is awesome used to be there all the time until I parted with the reds and went into the balls

Heres my old female about 5 yrs old ............ the saddles are there but differnt aswell I will message you with the pic I cant add it

Looks like a Key West Boa to me!

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Originally Posted by shaunb79

Looks like a Key West Boa to me!

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Isn't he too dark and speckled to be a Key West boa? They're mostly gray.

You should really go over to redtailboa.net and post some pics of your boa there. The folks on that site could give you some really useful info, and I can assure you they will know what local your boa is.