I just recently went into a crappy chain pet store and as I glanced through the herps I noticed one Central American BCI that really stood out to me. I could only see a small part of it, but it had such clean pattern and color that I asked someone to move it so I could get a better look. As far as my taste goes, this snake was phenomenal-my ideal Nicaraguan if I've ever seen one. The trouble is, it was priced unreasonably high like most of their herps. I'm still considering trying to get it just because I like it so much and I'd hate for it to waste away under their crappy conditions. I tried to get a good look at the tail on this one because it seemed so unusually bright and lacking dark pigment.

The trouble is, I don't really know what to look for in identifying a hypo (if I could allow myself to believe there's a chance they might actually have one). I'd like to know for future reference regardless-I was thinking it was most evident by looking at the amount of black pigment on the tail saddles? I checked online for some pictures but saw a wide variety of boas labelled as hypos, but I'm questioning the validity of some.

Anyway, if someone can answer this for me I'd be much obliged. It would be much easier to justify paying the hefty price for this boa if it actually was a hypo, but I do realize that is pretty unlikely. Thanks in advance for any help, and I'd really appreciate speedy replies because after tomorrow I'll be out of town and unable to get back to the store for a while.

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