I am posting this in an effort to save the information where others can also readily view it. I've had so many folks ask me what's the difference between a sub-species and locality and/or ask "what kind of boa do I have??" What I would love to have all of you help me with is to post a picture of your Sub-Species or locality-specific boa here in this thread.
This list is as complete as I can make it. And please note: we are dealing with Species, Sub-Species, and Localities here - NOT morphs.
Hopefully, this thread can then be used to help people identify their boa and provide some insight to how this species is divided.
Boa Constrictor Sub-Species and Localities
A listing of the sub-species belonging to the Boa Genus; scientific name and abbreviation is given along with accepted regional (locality) and “common” names.
Boa constrictor melanogaster does not appear on this list because it was reclassified as Boa constrictor constrictor.
Boa constrictor constrictor (BCC)–
◾Surinamese
1.Pokigron
◾Guyanese
◾Venezuelan
1.Apure
2.Bolivar
◾Brazilian
◾Belem
◾Peruvian
1.Iquitos
2.Pucallpa
◾Trinidad
◾Colombian
Boa constrictor imperator (BCI)–
◾Colombian
1.Barranquilla
2.Peters Type B
◾Honduran
1.Hog Island
2.Roatan (Firebelly)
◾Mexican
1.Tarahumara Mountains
2.Sonoran
3.Tamaulipas
4.Cancun
◾Belize
1.Crawl Cay
2.Caulker Cay
◾Nicaraguan
1.Corn Island
◾Costa Rican
◾Panamanian
◾Ecuadorian
◾El Salvadorian
◾Venezuelan
1.Paraguayan Peninsula Boa
Boa constrictor longicauda (BCL)–
◾Peruvian
1.Peruvian Long Tail Boa(Tumbes Boa)
Boa constrictor occidentalis (BCO)–
◾Argentina
1.Argentine Boa
Boa constrictor orophias (BCO)–
◾Island St. Lucia
1.St. Lucia’s Boa
Boa constrictor ortonii (BCO)–
◾Peruvian
1.Macanche Boa
Boa constrictor nebulosa (BCN)–
◾Island Dominica
1.Clouded Boa
Boa constrictor sabogae (BCS)–
◾Panamanian
1.Pearl Island Boa
Boa constrictor amarali (BCA) –
◾Brazilian
1.Sao Paulo
◾Bolivian
1.Short Tail Boas
2.Silverback
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