![]() ![]() They typically have a nice olive green to tan body color as well and can range from darker and contrasting to much paler examples. They are known for their striking red undersides and flanks. But if you search higher up the classification you will find other boa family tree’s that are in different Genus but still in the same family. These boa come from the Corn Islands or Isle De Maize off the coast of Nicaragua. Also, keep in mind that locality is valued in BC boas, so someone not including that information, which would increase the value of the snake, probably doesn't have a BC boa (in most cases). However you then have localities of the Boa constrictor subspecies which vary in sizeīut its important to remember that when considering a boa that theys many other speices in the boa genus. When you consider them as a group, yes it's the lack of peaked saddles, plus the not very red tails, and the overall speckling/color on their bodies. But as its not 100% what your talking about we refer to them as “BCI,BCC,BCA,BCL” and so on so that it gives a clear picture of what subspecies is being referred to. Both have very similar patterns, to include a reddening of the lighter colors towards a deeper or. Boa imperator is commonly confused with other Boa species, such as Boa constrictor. So this basically means if your talking in layman’s terms a Boa constrictor normally refers to a BCI due to them being the most popular species kept in captivity. Boa imperator has 5579 dorsal scales, 225253 ventral scales, 4769 subcaudal scales, 1822 supralabial scales and 12 anal scales. imperator is wideranging, with animals living in both Central America and northern parts of South America. You will see that there’s other subspecies such as Boa Constrictor Constrictor that shorted down becomes known as BCC. Boa constrictor imperator is a nonvenomous boa constrictor subspecies found in Central America, commonly called common northern boa and common boa. The imperators from Colombia were the first Boa constrictor subspecies imported in a large number to Germany in the mid 60s. The common boa has an essentially higher number of middorsal blotches (up to 30) than Boa c. In this case its Boa Constrictor Imperator. constrictor (exception: the Colombian imperators). The word that then follows constrictor is then the subspecies. After many years of frustration trying to breed these we figured out that they needed to. ![]() Started out in Sweden produced by Lars Brandel and imported to Peter Kahl Reptiles in the early 1990’s. So for the snake your interested in the species is “constrictor”. Peter Kahl on the Super Jungle - 'The Super Jungle is the Dominant form of the Jungle Boa and one of the most beautiful Boa Constrictors in the world. Those 4 species then CAN have subspecies. This means the term Boa refers to the Genus. The nomenclature is the scientific taxonomical name. The complex group is the common name given to them. To round up what some people have tried to say is Boa constrictor is a complex group but also the zoological nomenclature.
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