Hi and greetings from the Carribean, Can anyone ID this snake?

[pamby13]

columbian rainbow enjoy! one of my favs... i have its sister morph the Brazillian rainbow... she is a remarkable animal

[ferminethesnakeman]

The brown coloring on it makes me think Colombian Rainbow Boa....

Ok luke, So its not going to get orange according to what someone else said, i have never seen any orange snakes down here.. Oh! by the way ,we have only two venomous snakes down here and one is the coral and the other the
Fer de lance. i am not tooo sure on that spelling.

[Luke Martin]

Correct. If it is in fact a Colombian Rainbow, it will not get orange but stay a brown color. Although there will be an iridescence to it, it won't be the bright orange of the Brazilian Rainbows.

[Sama]

Wow, amazing find! Couldn't imagine.... Now I need to look up snakes indigenous to my area, all I know are garter snakes and red racers.

[Maixx]

Wow, amazing find! Couldn't imagine.... Now I need to look up snakes indigenous to my area, all I know are garter snakes and red racers.

We also have the Rubber Boa native to the PNW but they can be hard to find. That also sucks because its illegal to own them here as well.


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[Kinalyx]

As far as the spotting, my BRB has those spots on the side as well. There is a breeder currently trying to prove this out to be a leopard morph....i think. Also, BRBs are brown as babies, a lot of the wild BRBs stay brown yet keep the markings, while the columbian rainbow will stay brown/coppery yet lose most/all markings & just be a solid color other than a lighter belly.

I cant really tell how large it is, if its an adult, im saying BRB, if its young, could really be either, but im still going BRB due to the lighter sides and markings.


Shawn

[CatandDiallo]

I still think its a BRB. I heavily google searched both BRBs and CRBs, and the CRBs don't look as much like the picture as the BRBs!

I'm gonna stick with my gut answer!

[Wh00h0069]

I still think its a BRB. I heavily google searched both BRBs and CRBs, and the CRBs don't look as much like the picture as the BRBs!

I'm gonna stick with my gut answer!

Im going to have to agree. My vote is BRB.

[Luke Martin]

. Also, BRBs are brown as babies, a lot of the wild BRBs stay brown yet keep the markings, while the columbian rainbow will stay brown/coppery yet lose most/all markings & just be a solid color other than a lighter belly.

I can't say I've ever seen a brown Brazilian. Even as freshly laid babies they are orange in color from all the litters I've seen.

And considering that you are from Trinidad I wouldn't rule out the Guyanan Rainbow either since that seems to be closest to where you're at. They are a bit darker in coloration as well as the Colombians.

[mainbutter]

Guys, seriously, have you even read the OP's posts? Do you know anything about Epicates Cenchria?

This is a wild snake caught on the island of Trinidad, a fairly well-known island Northeast of Venezuela and Northwest of Guyana.

There are nine recognized subspecies of rainbow boa, what makes you all SOOOO sure that it's a BRAZILIAN rainbow boa? My guess is that it's because YOU think it's the most common, because here in the US, it is.

It doesn't take much effort to just look up species native to Trinidad. All the rainbow boas on Trinidad are currently classified as:

Epicrates cenchria maurus, or the COLOMBIAN rainbow boa, which only makes sense since their range is much more northern compared to BRBs.