A Rescue Story of a BCI

[Daybreaker]

CA are BCI. Colombians are BCI. Surinames and Peruvians are BCCs and NOT BCIs (as an example). BCCs are the "true redtails". Colombians are not BCCs or "true" redtails.

CAs are usually darker in appearance and grow smaller than Colombians. I'd go into more details but I need to head to work Perhaps someone can go into more detail while I'm gone.

Either way he's very handsome! I have two BCI Colombian morphs myself: a Jungle and a Hypo.

[Carlene16]

CA are BCI. Colombians are BCI. Surinames and Peruvians are BCCs and NOT BCIs (as an example). BCCs are the "true redtails". Colombians are not BCCs or "true" redtails.

CAs are usually darker in appearance and grow smaller than Colombians. I'd go into more details but I need to head to work Perhaps someone can go into more detail while I'm gone.

Either way he's very handsome! I have two BCI Colombian morphs myself: a Jungle and a Hypo.

Great info
I don't know very much about CA's. True red tails are not colombians but are commonly mislabeled as such. True red tails are surinames and a few others. Check out surinames though, they have FANTASTIC red tails, like no other. A BCI as a baby might make you think you have a true red tail, but with age they loose the red. With surinames that red holds its color very well.

[Daybreaker]

Great info

Thank you

For Valkerie, here is an awesome webby if you haven't seen it already, it goes into lots of different boa localities and even talks about BCLs as well: http://www.riobravoreptiles.com/

And here is a visual of Colombian morphs vs regular CAs and CA morphs (I got my little male BP from Lynn at Boas and Balls): http://www.boasandballs.com/CollectionBoa.html

Notice how much darker/browner they are in comparison to regular Colombians who are usually a lighter cleaner brown-greyish? Also they are usually much more peppered than Colombians, though some Colombians are highly peppered. There are exceptions to CAs and Colombians of course, not every snake looks the same.

CAs usually grow smaller than Colombians and I have heard they are usually more nippy (exceptions to this of course as well). They have the same husbandry requirments as Colombians while BCCs can be a bit pickier/sensitive to their husbandry.

[Shadows Valkyrie]

Thank you very much for the additional information! As I said before, all of my prior experience and knowledge was with BPs. I definitely see the difference between the CAs and the Colombians. I, like most people, used to look at a BCC or BCI in pet stores and go "Red Tail". I am learning to spot the differences!

No matter what Wicked is I am so very happy to have him here. I just wanted to know what he was exactly so I could offer him the proper care AND not be one of the ignorant people that just called him a red tail and left it at that. I KNEW he wasn't a true red tail. I just wasn't 100% positive on what he was...LOL

Thanks again for all of your help. I really appreciate you taking the time to educate me

Thank you

For Valkerie, here is an awesome webby if you haven't seen it already, it goes into lots of different boa localities and even talks about BCLs as well: http://www.riobravoreptiles.com/

And here is a visual of Colombian morphs vs regular CAs and CA morphs (I got my little male BP from Lynn at Boas and Balls): http://www.boasandballs.com/CollectionBoa.html

Notice how much darker/browner they are in comparison to regular Colombians who are usually a lighter cleaner brown-greyish? Also they are usually much more peppered than Colombians, though some Colombians are highly peppered. There are exceptions to CAs and Colombians of course, not every snake looks the same.

CAs usually grow smaller than Colombians and I have heard they are usually more nippy (exceptions to this of course as well). They have the same husbandry requirments as Colombians while BCCs can be a bit pickier/sensitive to their husbandry.

[Wh00h0069]

Alright. I am back to being confused.

I take it a Central American Boa Constrictor is not a BCI but rather a Colombian is? I know that Wicked is NOT a BCC. I have learned that much so far; being able to tell the difference between BCC and BCI. So this poses my next question. What IS the difference between a Central American Boa Constrictor and a Colombian? I thought that Colombians were the TRUE red tails...

Central American and Colombian boas are both BCI. Central Americans are smaller than Colombians. Colombians are called common boas, because they are the most common in the reptile trade. Most people think of Colombians when they are talking about BCI, because of that reason.

True red-tails are BCC's, such as Suriname and Guyanese.