i got a columbian red tail boa!

Originally Posted by Tim Cole

It is not a Redtail Boa.

My friend it is a red tail boa,

Originally Posted by reddog4063

is a "red tail" boa constrictor constrictor or imperator? please educate the rest of us board members.

Its a boa constrictor, my guess 6 months old! not really sure, BTW im sorry i post on the wrong board, if u kindly moved to the boa thread. thanks Brandon

Originally Posted by lilkeezy

My friend it is a red tail boa,

As Tim and Reddog hinted, boa constrictor does not necessarily mean red-tail boa. BCI - Boa constrictor imperator - is the common boa (aka Colombian boa, Colombian red tail boa). It is also the taxonomic classification of several locale and insular groups of boas. BCC - Boa constrictor constrictor - are the "true red tails". They are not the same animals

Harold. I didn't have time for an explanation.

Originally Posted by lilkeezy

My friend it is a red tail boa,

The "Pet store industry" adopted "red tail" as a name applied to almost any Boa Constrictor, WAY back in the day. They felt the term was less scary than "Constrictor". Unfortunately, it sorta stuck around.

In the herp industry, a TRUE Red Tailed Boa, is Boa Constrictor constrictor. Surinames, Brazilians, Peruvians, Guyanans, etc. South American.

The ones that are commonly called Colombian red tail, are in the BC imperator ssp. and are the most common ones around today. They are found from North Colombia, all the way thru Central America, and into Mexico.

What you have does indeed have the Colombian look to it, but it is without a doubt BCi.


Nice Boa BTW.
Rick