BCC vs BCI

This is a topic that I knew nothing about yesterday and still don't know very much about it today! Everything I have read seems to give conflicting information. I guess my question is...What's the difference between the two? Is one more common than the other?

Thanks!

My next question...What do I have? As of now I am thinking BCI.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...y/DSCN9571.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...y/DSCN9569.jpg

All of the morphs that you see are from BCI. It took me so long to remember that! This website is one of the best when it comes to boa constrictors http://www.boa-constrictors.com/com/com.html

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Originally Posted by txherp

All of the morphs that you see are from BCI.

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So that automatically makes mine a BCI? There are no morphs for BCC? That's interesting.

So what's mine?
http://tapa.tk/mu/aefc8a47-5b4f-7deb.jpg

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I think the BCCs are the boas like the Surinams ("True" Redtails) there might be morphs that I dion't know about but the common morphs like albino, hypo, etc are BCI. Yours is a BCI.

Okay Thanks! I have heard that one normally gets bigger than the other, but I can't nail down which is which. I know there will always be exceptions to this, but as a general rule of thumb which gets larger? Any insight on this? :rolleyes:

BCC will generally get larger than BCI's. There are subtle differences in appearance in each subspecies such as the sadle peaks. BCC's are really the true redtails. A good BCC tail is hard to beat.

Can anyone post a nice pic of a BCC?

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Originally Posted by smoffler

so what's mine?
http://tapa.tk/mu/aefc8a47-5b4f-7deb.jpg

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bci :d

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Originally Posted by demjor19

Can anyone post a nice pic of a BCC?

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Here are some pics of the girl we used to have. She was pure EVIL.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...maleGuyana.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2.../DELIATAIL.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2.../DELIAHEAD.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...BOAS/DELIA.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...S/IMG_3574.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...S/IMG_3573.jpg

They are obviously different once you see one! Is the head bigger or different? It's hard to pinpoint, but definitely different. Vey beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

Don't forget that BCC get pretty huge.

Pics of 75lb females are available with a google image search.

BCCs not only tend to get larger but also are more prone to digestive problems like regurgitation. As a result they require more careful feeding/husbandry especially when young.

There are more boa constrictors as well. BCC, BCI but also BCA, BCL, BCO(?)
All have similar markings but BCC is the true 'red tail'

This guy makes some smoking Suriname BCCs you can take a look at. http://www.millerreptiles.com/Surinames/Surinames.html

And this website has good info on BCCs.
http://www.riobravoreptiles.com/boas_trueredtails.htm

Dennis

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Originally Posted by demjor19

They are obviously different once you see one! Is the head bigger or different? It's hard to pinpoint, but definitely different. Vey beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

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thanks!