Robin..
These WC Hogs ( I understand some rosy boas as well) came into the US to a very big importer in FLA with "legal" paerwork as BCC sp. boas. Apparently the exporter found a loophole and was able to ship them out of as such.
As far as the USFW is concerned how would they enforce any US law on these since they were shipped legally.
These are definetely protected in that country though. Here is a piece of a article i was reading.
During the early 1980s, hundreds (if not thousands) of Hog Island boas were exported from Honduras to the United States and Europe. By 1986, however, the numbers began to dwindle, and instead of the small, pale (often pink) boas, larger and darker specimens began to take their place. Rumor through the commercial grapevine was that the intensive collecting on the Cayos Cochinos had nearly depleted the population, and dealers had to turn their efforts to other areas-like the Bay Islands. Almost immediately there were widespread concerns as to how commercial collecting on the Cayos Cochinos may have affected the population of Boa constrictor. This led two prominent field biologists to conduct a herpetofaunal survey of the islands in March of 1988 (Wilson and Cruz, 1993). The results were staggering-not a single specimen of B. constrictor was found! Given the amount of boas that were collected for the commercial trade, it is interesting to note that as of 1993 not a single specimen of B. constrictor from the Cayos Cochinos was available for study in a museum collection! The specimen from the Cayos Cochinos pictured in the book by Wilson and Meyer (1985) is the boa brought to Miami by an animal dealer in 1978, which alerted commercial dealers to the existence of the population.
During the early 1990s, tourists reported seeing specimens of Boa constrictor on the Cayos Cochinos (G. Brewer, pers. comm.). More recently, however, specimens bearing a strong resemblance to Hog Island boas have been imported from Nicaragua and marketed as "white boas" (R. MacInnes, pers. comm). Perhaps the population on the Cayos Cochinos has started to make a comeback, but nevertheless, there is no doubt that during the past two decades what was once a thriving population of B. constrictor has been severely depleted.
I hope that the exporter realizes he is only hurting his own country by collecting and exporting these out of his country.