If small is your thing then peruvian and suriname is probably not what you are looking for. Both of these locales tend to get larger than an average BCI. It is not uncommon to see a 9 or 10 foot Suri or Peruvian. Some times and 11 or 12 footer is still alive and kicking. One thing to take into consideration though is that BCC (particularly suriname and guyanna) tend to get bigger but grow more slowly than BCI. One of the reasons is that if overfed they have a tendency to regurge. That prevents them from responding well to being "pushed" the way some other subspecies can be. Therefore they cannot grow as quickly. Also a snake's size has alot to do with age as well. Since a snake doesn't completely stop growing for the duration if its life (even though it will slow down dramatically) a very old specimine will be (on the whole) a larger animal.

I hope that little bit of information helps.

Check
http://www.boa-constrictors.com/com/constrictor/constrictor.htm
and
http://www.riobravoreptiles.com/care_raisingboas.htm

You will find some useful, locale specific information there.
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