Deciding on my first Boa

[chz]

Edit: I meant to say "IS there a boa that has the same patterns as a Ball Python?"

[Roswell]

It won't let me insert a picture.
The pictures (there's 2) are in my gallery though.

[MelissaFlipski]

Edit: I meant to say "IS there a boa that has the same patterns as a Ball Python?"

I think the Common Boa is somewhat similar to the Ball python pattern. Is it South or Central American? Not sure. Grows up to 8'.

[ladywhipple02]

I think the Common Boa is somewhat similar to the Ball python pattern. Is it South or Central American? Not sure. Grows up to 8'.

The Columbian Boa is usually refered to as a common Boa... and I personally don't think it looks much like a BP:



They can grow up to 8', but typically range between 4' and 6'. Many of the Central American Boas are a little darker... Nics and Mexicans...and a little shorter. South American boas---Peruvians, Brazilians, Bolivians, etc.---seem to be more silver or yellow in color (check out www.riobravoreptiles.com for different localities). They can get quite a bit bigger than normal Columbians.

There are some ground boas that have nice dark markings...

But I really don't think there are any boas that would be mistaken for a BP.

[MelissaFlipski]

The Columbian Boa is usually refered to as a common Boa... and I personally don't think it looks much like a BP:



They can grow up to 8', but typically range between 4' and 6'. Many of the Central American Boas are a little darker... Nics and Mexicans...and a little shorter. South American boas---Peruvians, Brazilians, Bolivians, etc.---seem to be more silver or yellow in color (check out www.riobravoreptiles.com for different localities). They can get quite a bit bigger than normal Columbians.

There are some ground boas that have nice dark markings...

But I really don't think there are any boas that would be mistaken for a BP.

Thanks for clearing that up. How do the two of those get along when they meet? Pretty cool photo.

[jjspirko]

Glad you picked the dumerils they are great snakes! Rainbows are like other said tough to keep happy, you have to keep humidity and temps spot on or risk illness or death. They also happen to often turn into jerks as adults, even docile babies often get snappy and irritable as adults.

I agree with what has been said about ETBs, however, there are a lot of different tree boas and not all are that hard to keep. Both Haitian Tree Boas and Madagascar Tree Boas are pretty easy to keep and tend to be docile,