return to main index

  mobile - desktop
follow us on facebook follow us on twitter follow us on YouTube link to us on LinkedIn
 
click here for Rodent Pro
This Space Available
3 months for $50.00
Locate a business by name: click to list your business
search the classifieds. buy an account
events by zip code list an event
Search the forums             Search in:
News & Events: Herp Photo of the Day: Green Tree Python . . . . . . . . . .  Herp Photo of the Day: Turtle . . . . . . . . . .  Kentucky Reptile Expo - Aug. 16, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  Colorado Herp Society Meeting - Aug 16, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  Chicago Herpetological Society Meeting - Aug 17, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  San Diego Herp Society Meeting - Aug 19, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  Bay Area Herpetological Society Meeting - Aug 22, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  Suncoast Herp Society Meeting - Aug 23, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  Suncoast Herp Society Meeting - Aug 23, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  DFW Herp Society Meeting - Aug 23, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  Greater Cincinnati Herp Society Meeting - Sept 03, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  Southwestern Herp Society Meeting - Sept 06, 2025 . . . . . . . . . . 

RE: Are Hogg Islands considered a "DWARF

[ Login ] [ User Prefs ] [ Search Forums ] [ Back to Main Page ] [ Back to Boa Forum ]

Posted by: PanamaRed at Wed Oct 11 12:38:53 2006   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by PanamaRed ]  
   

I think Dwarf is off base. Smaller than a BCC yes, but hogs will get as big as most other CA boas. They can and will breed at a smaller size, but just because they bred and produced at 4-4.5 ft doesn't mean they arent going to get bigger.

I have seen sonorans that were 20 years old at 8ft.. Most are 5ft but they have not reached their max size potential.

I think there are true "dwarf" boas, but without doing scale counts, and selectivly breeding the ones with the lowest counts to keep them small they could revert to average sized in a few generations. Nature doesn't need scale counts because food availablity, and enviorment, naturaly select who will live and who will not in a certain condition.
-----
Ed Lilley, www.constrictorsnw.com
www.reptileinsider.com


   

[ Show Entire Thread ]


<< Previous Message:  RE: Are Hogg Islands considered a "DWARF - amiemac9, Mon Oct 9 07:35:30 2006