Well, I've gotten independent appraisals from the Curators of Reptiles from two different zoos that have decent groups of both and both gentlemen have assured me they are in fact Ground Boas. I would list the entities but need their permission first.

I realize anyone can "say" this in a post but I won't insult their integrity by overtly referring to them by name w/out their permission.

Key thing to keep in mind is that these two are completely unrelated to any bloodlines currently in the US. The limited breeders over the last 20 years have resulted in all animals in the States manifesting the same dominant phenotypes...lack of dorsal "crossovers", the strong dorsal striping..its actually kind of interesting when one digs and researches like I have..the uniformity of appearance in domestic Ground Boas is striking. "In situ" pics of wild Ground Boas in Madagascar show the types of pattern variability one would expect in wild populations. The head scalation is the one true constant.

I'll breed them and hopefully we all can carry this conversation on anew once we all get to see how they turn out!

Bill

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