Locality?

[Gio]

I also agree with BCI.

There are certain visual traits that assist with identifying a BCI or BCC, but nothing is set in stone.

Saddle counts, saddle shape, head shape, head pattern, body shape, and tail color are good first glance indicators. Scale counting is more involved and more telling and that's not happening here.

As far as "locality" the term common is very misleading. When most people use it, they are referring to a mainland, Colombian BCI. But without actual data there is no way to tell exactly what you have, or exactly where it came from or if it has been crossed/mixed at some point.

There could be a number of areas mixed into a snake's background, meaning things are cross bred, and then paired with something else and then paired with something similar and so on down the line. Morphs bred to non morphs, something with a hint of BCC in it bred to BCI, then crossed back.

You see what I'm getting at here?

I guess the term "common" these days means NOT a locality, but one could also argue it is about a "common look" which is not telling you much about the animal's background.

I have a Barranquilla, Colombian BCI that is, Colombian, but it's not really common. It's not rare by any means, it's just backed up by locality collection data from Mr. Rentfro who sold some of his stock to Legacy Reptiles where I actually purchased the animal from.

Things can get rather confusing and if you are interested, I highly recommend reading The Complete Boa Constrictor by Vincent Russo.

He covers pretty much anything and everything important about boa constrictors.

Also, anything written, or posted by Gus Rentfro is worth reading as I personally think he is one of the leading authorities on Boa Constrictors in the world.

Nice rescues,

Have fun and enjoy.