What type of boa is this little girl?

LPS has this labeled as rtb but obviously it's anything but that.
Here are a couple pics.http://img.tapatalk.com/aefcb27c-d78d-5802.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/aefcb27c-d7ae-6c88.jpg
First is with flash second is with out.

Looks colombian to me! Also seems like a dark phase.

I agree with columbian

Yes. Normal Colombian BCI. Not a "true" red tailed boa which is a BCC.

What are they asking for it? You can pick up a normal BCI off fauna or kingsnake for about $30-40. And that one looks thin. They should have a nice lean look to them, but that one looks actually skinny. Just my thoughts - could be the camara angle too.

Skinny is what she is! :P Yes, she is most certainly a Boa constrictor imperator. Pet stores and reptile keepers alike tend to call them red tail boas. Locality is often difficult to determine unless genetic background is known, but pet stores usually only sell the most common: Colombians or Colombian hybrids.

I immediately thought thin too. Given the size of her head to her body. Might try to find a healthier snake, IMO. Looks BCI though.

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Originally Posted by Evenstar

What are they asking for it?

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$129.99
They are claiming it's het sunglow.

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Originally Posted by ChrisS

$129.99
They are claiming it's het sunglow.

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Do they have papers to prove the het?

Im no boa expert but i can see alot of spine on that snake. I wouldnt even consider buying from someone who doesnt feed their snakes...

No I'm sure they don't have the papers. Would she be worth 130 if she were het though.

And I'm not planning on purchasing her. I was just wondering what she was. I get all my little snakeys from reptile show. I buy my feeders from this store.

A sunglow would be hypo (visual) het albino and she doesn't look like a hypo imo

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Originally Posted by bioteacher

A sunglow would be hypo (visual) het albino and she doesn't look like a hypo imo

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Definately not het sunglow, Thats not a hypo and based on that information alone I wouldnt guarantee on it being het albino.
As far as it being skinny, it is still a very young boa they could have just unloaded a litter of boas to them and didnt get them eating yet.

I went to Petco to get a couple of feeders (my normal store was closed.) and, of course, I walked past the snakes. They had the scrawniest little colombian boa and she looked horrible. Spine, ribs, dehydrated.
She was still there the next week, in even worse condition. So I brought her home, knowing they were asking an unreasonable price. She's fat and healthy now <3

Sorry for story time, this picture just made me think of young Sophie.

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Originally Posted by ChrisS

$129.99
They are claiming it's het sunglow.

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Originally Posted by Daybreaker

Do they have papers to prove the het?

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Originally Posted by ChrisS

No I'm sure they don't have the papers. Would she be worth 130 if she were het though.

And I'm not planning on purchasing her. I was just wondering what she was. I get all my little snakeys from reptile show. I buy my feeders from this store.

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This snake is absolutely NOT het sunglow. It is possible it could be het albino, but not sunglow.

A sunglow is a boa that displays both the hypo and the albino traits. Since hypo is dominant (incomplete dominant to be exact, but that's another topic), a boa can not carry the trait without displaying it. And that boa in your picture is most definitely not a hypo.

A hypo can carry the albino gene since albino is simple recessive. If a boa is hypo het albino, it is often referred to as "het sunglow" because if paired to an albino or het albino, the offspring may display both the hypo and albino genes and therefore be sunglows.

In my opinion, a normal boa is not worth more than $40-50 depending on pattern, and I've seen normals as low as $30. If it's supposedly het for something, that is frankly worthless without papers proving the genetics. Hets cannot be proven until the animal is bred and produces the trait its supposedly het for. So without papers, such an animal should only ever be sold as a normal unless it is coming from a widely-known and well-respected breeder with a high-quality reputation to uphold.

Also, I really would not buy this particular animal. The more I look at the pics, the more I see just how skinny it is. It's either not very healthy, or it may have feeding issues which is unusual in and of itself with boas....

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Originally Posted by Kiyayiya

I went to Petco to get a couple of feeders (my normal store was closed.) and, of course, I walked past the snakes. They had the scrawniest little colombian boa and she looked horrible. Spine, ribs, dehydrated.
She was still there the next week, in even worse condition. So I brought her home, knowing they were asking an unreasonable price. She's fat and healthy now <3

Sorry for story time, this picture just made me think of young Sophie.

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Unfortunately, while you may have helped that particular boa, it ultimately is detrimental in the long run to rescue (buy) snakes from pet stores. It creates a demand, which means they are more likely to put another boa in there because they sold the last one.

Sidenote: I can't believe how much Petco charges for BCIs. Isn't it something ridiculous like $150?