Corn island Nicaraguan boas

Ive had my corn island nics for over six months and they pretty cool , I love the way they change colour from a light silver to an almost kaki green and there belly colour is just amazing saying there just 100% pure locality and not a hit of morph in them,
They feel different from my normal boas and seem to have smaller scales and feel silky almost like a colubrid and they never seem to hold on for nothing
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You can definitely see why there nick named fire bellied nics


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Very cool boas! Those bellies are awesome. Thanks for sharing them.

My female corn island shed today while I was at work, she was having one of her light days today , she is almost kaki/ grey tonight https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5614899c4d.jpg her colour change is so drastic this her in the dark phase https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...b9455d017c.jpg


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Had my female corn island Nicaraguan out tonight,she’s relaxed and was looking nice and light tonight https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d6e805357a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...b68fac96eb.jpg you can hardly see her head spear sometimes https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d6deee80e9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5ce614e577.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...03c11e8a5d.jpg


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My corn island was having a dip when I came back tonight, she’s in her dark phase tonight https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...9d41546c9e.jpg I love her eyes


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Her tail is nice and burgundy with them nice pink flushing to her flanks https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...97eeb107ed.jpg


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Very nice boa Ricky

Thanks Ricky


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They are magnificent love their belly it's such a strong contrast :P thank you for sharing interesting fact about how their scales feel :snake:

Very nice Richard always like seeing some of your diverse boa collection.

Thanks c.marie and EDR quite pleased with my collection so far, adding a couple more soon. I will put
Up pics when I get them


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Very nice nic... what is their temperment like? I heard most nic's are grumpy for the most part!!

Thanks jus1more
There there very food driven, but all mine have been so good and relaxed, they never hold on either the male can be a bit defensive sometimes but my hypo Nicaraguan and the corn island females are as soft as anything


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Mrs Red nic was chilling on her branch tonight when I came home from work, she shed a few days ago but was in her dark phase tonight and nicely blushed on her sides https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...cebb168c78.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...7a66c07bee.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...9766f6928a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...bc3c69fe7d.jpg


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Well Mrs red nic was in her light phase tonight ,she was really dark last night when I fed herhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...c75256cdc6.jpg

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Well I weighed her last week and she was 729g and measures only 104cm she's 3 in August, there not a big locality snake any way

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Caught in the act of shedding tonight, she wasn't over impressed of me taking a picture, sorry the flash drained all her colour
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Well after her shed the other night I took some pics of her,she’s looking so iridescent in the sun, she’s in her dark phase https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a06e478a12.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...860adaaa5b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...fbc9a028ec.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...9a833466de.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...af93ff5171.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...703d65256c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...4ff7ec7e5d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...59d36dc2eb.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...205e8af2e2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...7345e24b29.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...466b5f4cdf.jpg
She’s such a great colour for a 100% pure locality


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Your boas are phenomenal Richard!

Thanks el Ziggy,
getting pleased with how they all maturing


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Well after her shed the other night I took some pics of her,she’s looking so iridescent in the sun, she’s in her dark phase https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a06e478a12.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...860adaaa5b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...fbc9a028ec.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...9a833466de.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...af93ff5171.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...703d65256c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...4ff7ec7e5d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...59d36dc2eb.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...205e8af2e2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...7345e24b29.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...466b5f4cdf.jpg
She’s such a great colour for a 100% pure locality


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Simply sensational!

Cracking set of pictures and I love the locale.

Island boas are underrated!

Thanks gio,
I agree the corn islands really are underrated, her parents was a vin Russo import so probably helps with outstanding genetics too


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Thanks gio,
I agree the corn islands really are underrated, her parents was a vin Russo import so probably helps with outstanding genetics too


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I figured Vin or Gus Rentfro had some part of the mix there.

I've read and researched a fair amount on boa constrictors. I like the island boas. They tend to be slightly more arboreal, and their diets are based more on migrations than the mainland boas.

Similar to the dwarf populations of retics which is interesting

I enjoy seeing these a lot!

It's weird my mainland Nicaraguan feels totally different to red nic , red nic almost feels like a colubrid if that makes sense. the red nics feel alot smoother and there looks are so different even there head shape . there light and dark phase is pretty extreme from a nice light grey to an almost kaki green/grey


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Came back from holiday and my 3year old red NIC was looking nicely fired up with loads of flushing, she's really filling out nicely

https://youtu.be/t57KMkFxtQU

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Nice boas! Corn Islands have some of the most dramatic color phases.

My corn island was in her light phase tonight,such a nice light grey, can still see some of her pink sides near her tail
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Looking great Rich. I LOVE all your boas!

Thanks el Ziggy . Her colour change is the most extreme I have in my boa collection.
Her head also looks longer than Normal boas and she's feels alot smoother too

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My 4yr old was looking great tonight, really on fire, so I grabbed some pics of her. I love her nice grey head compared to her red belly and tailhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0a3bce08da.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0fdfb7fc00.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...3a0be34502.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...02a9d23581.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...fedbe212e7.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d908c631db.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...95145584ab.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...111502a4c4.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...de2505374d.jpg

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Nice looking animal. I like the blush on the back of the jaws.

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Nice looking animal. I like the blush on the back of the jaws.

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Thanks, almost looks like she has heat pits sometimes with that black bit on her lower jaw

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Thanks, almost looks like she has heat pits sometimes with that black bit on her lower jaw

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Ah, I didn’t take note of that since I was admiring the blush. I see what you mean.

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My 4yr old was looking great tonight, really on fire, so I grabbed some pics of her. I love her nice grey head compared to her red belly and tailhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0a3bce08da.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0fdfb7fc00.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...3a0be34502.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...02a9d23581.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...fedbe212e7.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d908c631db.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...95145584ab.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...111502a4c4.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...de2505374d.jpg

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What a difference a year makes!

Wow, beautiful and one of those special locality animals that I enjoy so much!

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What a difference a year makes!

Wow, beautiful and one of those special locality animals that I enjoy so much!

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Thanks gio, she has more colour than alot of morphs and as you say 100% locality too

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Thanks gio, she has more colour than alot of morphs and as you say 100% locality too

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Yes!

Mother Nature still has the ultimate paint brush IMO!

You scored there.