if thats the case you are crazy to be keeping the one with the least red tail! the name of the animal says it all. that is the most important part of a true keeper....the redtail...the red tail!! i know for a fact and you can argue it all you want that somewhere along the line of either adult there is a colombian boa thrown in. why? easy because when all else fails a colombian boa steps up when breeding time comes. after which you can separate the redder animals (which there will be some of) and bulk out the more colombian looking ones to the pet trade. i can show you animals that in your wildest dreams you'll ever guess there was colombian in its background, but breed it and what happens in the dark comes out in the light. your arguing with 15 years experience working with the true red tails and importing them. i've bred them to colombian boas and animals such as the one in your picture result. something else venezula falls between surnime and colombia on the map right. 90% of them look similar in tail color to the one in the picture. why? thats a natural integrade point in the wild. been to venezuela dozens of times collecting and photographing hundreds of red tails. when there is NO B.C.I. none are EVER born like the one in your picture unless its an anery which that one is clearly not. enjoy your snake just call a spade a spade. true red tails are tough to breed anyway otherwise all these morphs you see floating around would be stemming from a true red tail, its a much more beautiful pallette. however breeders just dont have the patience to grow them slow and keep the temps, photo periods & humidity right, so they go to colombians which are easier, and lately central americans which you have to hit with a stick to get them not to breed. enjoy.

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