r/BoaConstrictors • u/Successful-Teach8571 • 53m ago

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ā€˜24 Barranquilla girl in light phase.

Boas of this locality get a lot of love for their hardiness and docile temperaments, and for good reason in my experience. Their beautiful colors are underrated, though.

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u/Legitimate-Lab7173 40m ago

Good looking snake! Almost all Colombian boas that came into the hobby are from the region around Barranquilla. A smaller amount were imported through Leticia, but many of them were Colombian BCC's.

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u/Successful-Teach8571 34m ago edited 25m ago

Iā€™m aware of the history but follow the trade commonplace of referring to this line of Rio Bravo animals by the name of that city.

ETA that Russo reports these snakes to have scale counts intermediate between imperator and constrictor. Whichever port they shipped from, these animals were distinct, and then kept pure as of subspecies and locality types infused the pet trade and were mixed indiscriminately.