That animal was born in captivity to a female that was collected in the wild while gravid. She was captured in the Essiquibo river delta in Guyana (which borders Suriname). Many people say that Suriname and Guyana Boa Constrictor Constrictor (BCC) are indistinguishable from one another. Some would disagree. I say that if you know the provinence of an animal, do your best to keep it with another animal from the same area. For that reason, I'll be breeding that bad boy with this girl next year (if she regains her weight from breeding this year).

As for whether or not you should get one as a "first time" snake or not. I would say that depends entirely upon you. If you are the kind of person that will "do your homework" & follow the rules, have everything set up ahead of time, and maybe have a friend with experience in reptiles that you could look to for help, then a BCC would be a good choice for you as a first time animal. I had about 4 months experience when I got her back in '01 and thankfully never made any drastic mistakes, but looking back I probably should have waited a little longer.
Hope this helps, Jonathan (a fellow Charlottean if I'm understanding your handle correctly)
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Jonathan Brady
"Sarcasm is angers ugly cousin" -Dr. Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson) in "Anger Management".

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