A Brazilian Boa usually means one of the subspecies of Boa constrictor that occurs in Brazil (B.c.constrictor or B.c.amarali). They are large beautiful constrictors, but more expensive than standard Boa constrictor subspecies.

A more common species in captivity is the Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Epicrates cenchria cenchria). This is a totally different species than above. It is smaller reddish orange snake with very iridescent skin.
Brazilian Rainbow Boa is an unfortunate name because most of the lines of "Brazilians" in captivity did not come from Brazil.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

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