I'd say you should expect a Surinamese bcc to get between 8 and 10 feet, but be prepared in case it gets bigger than that. Be prepared. I have a bcc who is already a giant for her age, so I am planning accordingly. She's almost 2 years old and is already 5.5 feet and stout. Many don't even grow to 8 feet either, especially the males. Girls are bigger on average in all the boa subspecies. I had a really big bci before too so just because you get a certain type of boa it isn't a certainty that it will stay a certain size.

good luck,
Caden

>>Hey folks, I just posted this in the Locality forum, but I'm sooo impatient. I've been curious about this for just way too long.
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>>I've kept snakes for most of my life, but never the BCC/BCI's. I've been interested in these guys for a while. Something really bugs me though: I never seem to be able to find much of a reference on the adult size of the "red tails."
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>>I've been casually reading in books and magazines, as well as on the internet, and most sources seem to indicate that the "red tail" localities "get a little bigger than the Columbian."
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>>Specifically, the Peruvian red tails and the Suriname red tails have caught my eye. I know well enough that there is a lot of variation in mature size within a species. I was really wondering what any of your have seen as a range in these localities.
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>>Some of the "smaller" localities appeal to me too - some Hogg Island boas, and what I have seen of Corn Island boas. Any input on the ranges you've seen in their mature sizes would be useful as well.
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>>Thanks,
>>~Rebecca
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>>0.1 Dumeril's Boa '04 (Courtney)
>>1.2 Ball Pythons
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>>0.2 American Pit Bull Terriers (40lb darling lap dogs:Brandy&Mara)
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Caden Chapman
slithering.serpents@gmail.com

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• I'm too impatient - amarilrose, Thu Feb 15 23:33:06 2007
• RE: I'm too impatient - danktat, Fri Feb 16 00:49:23 2007
• RE: I'm too impatient - cv, Fri Feb 16 02:48:11 2007
• RE: I'm too impatient - Slithering_Serpents, Fri Feb 16 13:25:36 2007