Quote Originally Posted by AbsoluteApril View Post
Boas are highly variable in both pattern and color. BCi (BI) can have peaking on saddles, it's rather common for a few to have some mild peaks.
Yes,

It is the totality of several traits the make up the "visual" determination.

There is overlap in the wild in certain areas, and it is not at all an oddity to have each species show traits that bridge the gap.

Scale counts are the best way go about confirmation.

But I have a feeling in the very near future it will be DNA.

I really think Vincent Russo's book gets to the bottom of a lot of this.