Their patterns are beautiful and I love their large heads. Our local reptile store has 3 and the female is as thick as a 2 liter plastic soda bottle.

Do any of you Dumeril's fans ever consider the sister Madagascar ground boa? From what I've read the Dums is actually more prone to climb which is always cool. The Madagascan GB is typically larger and has more pinks in it's pattern.

I was oh so close to picking a Dums.

Their natural habitat is being destroyed so it's great that a lot of people are die hards for them.