New "Tiny" addition brought home tonight!

[ChrisNCT]

Well here it is......a last minute purchase. Dont know anything about it other than it is a Redtail of some sort but I like it! It is a male about 5 feet.

 

[Beardo]

Its a text-book example of a Colombian Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor imperator). Nice specimen too, Chris!

 

[ReptileMan27]

Congrats, beutiful boa

 

[Icey]

The words beautiful and drool come to mind :drool: :drool:

Looks like a bigger version of my girl, I can't wait for her to get that big, congratulations on your purchase. Loads of great resources out there for you to learn about your new purchase, read and learn well

 

[Denisthemenace]

Im going to have to disagree .. Its a peruvian red tail not a colombian, it is easy to make that mistake considering they are both BCs. Sorry for the late response

 

[Shelob]

Im going to have to disagree .. Its a peruvian red tail not a colombian, it is easy to make that mistake considering they are both BCs. Sorry for the late response

I am going to lightly agree that it is a Peruvian and not a True Columbian. Great snake though!

 

[Beardo]

I'm very curious to know why you think the above snake is a Peruvian? Peruvians have much smaller saddle counts and more pronounced medallions than Colombians, a bright red tail (since they are one of the true Red-Tails), a much cleaner, less speckled pattern, a different head pattern and they reach a much larger size than Colombians (10-14 feet is the usual maximum size for Peruvians).

Here are a couple pictures of Peruvian Boa Constrictors from www.boa-constrictors.com that show the typical coloration/pattern for the subspecies:

 

[Denisthemenace]

well pointed out david .. i rest my case

Its easy to make that mistake considering it is a very contraversial issue whether a colombian should be catagorized as a BCC or a BCI due to their extreme similarities.

 

[Beardo]

I agree with the taxonomic issue, Denis. I guess that I've seen so many Boas that its easy for me to pick out, or at least make an educated guess as to what locale type they may be.

 

[Madeline]

It is beautiful! Is it very friendly?

 

[ChrisNCT]

Yep..very friendly so far.

 

[PA7R1CK]

Beautiful boa! I'm planning on purchasing a redtail myself in the next week or so.