Argentines, are one of the most beautiful of all Boas to me and I just like dark and contrasting Boas. My friend, Eugene Bessette was one of the first to breed these Boas successfully 20 or more years ago and he bred them successfully in hot temperatures " not cool. " The price on them remained stable at $500 or more a baby, for many years and like what happens with alot of Boas, more and more people were breeding them and seeing that they were not very difficult to breed and also very hardy as captives and the price dropped. I remember, when the price went down around 1996 or 97 and there was one breeder that produced a couple of hundred of them alone and a few others followed and they really dropped the price significantly and guys like Bessette that worked hard to get them started and put them out there were affected to an extent. Now, there are just a ton of them in the hobby and they do not sell as easy and definately not for the price that they use too. They can be bought now, for about the same price as a regular old Columbian and most of your keepers have swayed more towards Boas that are pink and purple and red and yellow and of course, morphs. It is sad, but it happens and there is not a whole lot of selective breeding that can be done with argentines as far as color and pattern. Some bloodlines are lighter and some darker and some may retain a small amount of pink, but in the end they are just dark Boas that have lost their price and interest by alot of keepers and breeders. That is why I am glad that I work with Boas that I like and not what the Market dictates. There are still some breeders that love them and enjoy working with them and produce them, like Gus Rentfro and some others, but most of the guys that I knew back in the day that were the pioneers in getting the Locality started, have long since departed from their efforts.......Johnson Herp

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