Who Is Keeping Locality Boas?

[Gio]

Apologies to the morph crowd, morphs are beautiful and appreciated however I'm interested in seeing animals that represent what Mother Nature created.

I do realize selective breeding will somewhat change the true "Wild Color Patterns" because of breeding the best to the best in captivity.

That said, there are some extremely beautiful wild and captive bred locality boas out there. If you have one post a picture and share the background.

I'll start with my boa, Sniper.

This is a male, Barranquilla, Colombian boa constrictor. He's 7 years old, about 7 feet long and in great condition.

He was bred by Gus Rentfro (Rio Bravo Reptiles) and sold to me via Legacy Reptiles. I bought him in April, 2013 and he was about 9 months old at the time.



I took these photos last night. It was a cloudy evening.


Sniper is the only locality animal I own, I enjoy everything about him.


Feel free to post up your locality BCC or BCI photos in this thread as I'd like to see them.

[jmcrook]

Great thread topic, Gio!

My two locality boas.

1.0 Pokigron Suriname “Leonard” born 3/28/18. Father was a 2013 Gus Renfro holdback that changed hands a couple times, mother also from Rio Bravo bloodlines and produced I believe by Christopher Wolf.


0.1 4th generation Maxx Pink Argentine Boa “Mirabelle” born 8/17/18. Produced by Bob Guerriere at Ancient Reproductions. Technically not a true locality specific animal as we can’t be sure exactly where the original imports were collected within the natural range of this species, but pure BCO nonetheless.



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[Gio]

Great thread topic, Gio!

My two locality boas.

1.0 Pokigron Suriname “Leonard” born 3/28/18. Father was a 2013 Gus Renfro holdback that changed hands a couple times, mother also from Rio Bravo bloodlines and produced I believe by Christopher Wolf.


0.1 4th generation Maxx Pink Argentine Boa “Mirabelle” born 8/17/18. Produced by Bob Guerriere at Ancient Reproductions. Technically not a true locality specific animal as we can’t be sure exactly where the original imports were collected within the natural range of this species, but pure BCO nonetheless.



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Perfect post!

Both animals are very beautiful examples.

[richardhind1972]

He is stunning gio

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[richardhind1972]

I have. MY two 1.1 bcl Peruvian longicauda boas, my male Guyana boa, my corn Island Nicaraguan and I did have a hypo Nicaraguan till a few months ago,
My Peruvians
The female is much more silver than the male, he's almost like a img
Next is my hypo Nicaraguan that died the other month
The my Nicaraguan corn Island boa, or fire bellied nic, her tail a d belly are insanely red compared to her nice grey head
And lastly
My male Guyana boa gomez
All are 100%pure locality and all as colourful as alot of morphs

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[Gio]

Richard
The double head shot is insane. 👍👏

[richardhind1972]

Richard
The double head shot is insane.

Thanks gio, they wouldn't keep still, lol

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[dakski]

Great thread!

Feliz, the Dwarf Venezuelan BCC.

As far as I know two people are breeding these guys, here in the US anyway. Tommy Carpenter at TC Reptiles, where I bought Feliz, and I forgot the other breeder, but I can ask if anyone is interested.

He is not a Pokigron Venezuelan Boa, but a "Dwarf" Locale species that probably interbred with BI's over time, but it's not clear. Vin Russo talks about them in his book as separate locale species, as do some other people, who know about them.

Feliz was a holdback for color, but I talked Tommy into selling him to me, as he had a different holdback for pattern.

He's a total sweetheart, but a ferocious eater! There are known for both being gentle, especially for smaller boas, and being great eaters like all boas.

He will be two years old in September and weighs in at about 330G now. He should not be over 5FT when full grown. He is also a Rio Bravo line animal.

The first two pictures are recent, but the last two are from a few months ago.

[Gio]

Great thread!

Feliz, the Dwarf Venezuelan BCC.

As far as I know two people are breeding these guys, here in the US anyway. Tommy Carpenter at TC Reptiles, where I bought Feliz, and I forgot the other breeder, but I can ask if anyone is interested.

He is not a Pokigron Venezuelan Boa, but a "Dwarf" Locale species that probably interbred with BI's over time, but it's not clear. Vin Russo talks about them in his book as separate locale species, as do some other people, who know about them.

Feliz was a holdback for color, but I talked Tommy into selling him to me, as he had a different holdback for pattern.

He's a total sweetheart, but a ferocious eater! There are known for both being gentle, especially for smaller boas, and being great eaters like all boas.

He will be two years old in September and weighs in at about 330G now. He should not be over 5FT when full grown. He is also a Rio Bravo line animal.

The first two pictures are recent, but the last two are from a few months ago.

Beautiful!,

And great background info as well.

That is a unique animal.

Pokigron is in Suriname, not Venezuela so there should be no confusion there. I'd be surprised if Gus did any crossing with BCI and BCC animals. Vin maybe would as he isn't strictly a locality breeder.

Tommy Carpenter is a very good breeder and is one of few that breeds the Barranquilla, Colombian boas like the one I have.

You have a lovely snake and I think it is a perfect addition to this thread!

[dakski]

Beautiful!,

And great background info as well.

That is a unique animal.

Pokigron is in Suriname, not Venezuela so there should be no confusion there. I'd be surprised if Gus did any crossing with BCI and BCC animals. Vin maybe would as he isn't strictly a locality breeder.

Tommy Carpenter is a very good breeder and is one of few that breeds the Barranquilla, Colombian boas like the one I have.

You have a lovely snake and I think it is a perfect addition to this thread!

Thanks Gio!

I think I made a mistake and confused Pokigron with another type of BCC from Venezuela that are not a dwarf species. I cannot remember what they are called and apologize for my lack of knowledge here, I am still learning about localities.

Gus didn't cross. Because of their size, the thought is through history, they probably bred with smaller locale BI's at some point and that's why the males are 4-5FT and females max out about 6FT, unlike many BCC's that can get large.

Again, sorry I misspoke. Thank you for the correction and I am glad I can clarify.

Yeah, I cannot say enough about Tommy. He's an awesome guy and we stay in touch and I send pictures of Feliz.

EDIT: Paraguanera Venezuelan Boas is what everyone seems to think I have. Feliz, however, is not one, he is a different Locale Species from Venezuela.

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