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Originally Posted by lilkeezy
My friend it is a red tail boa,
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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