"Guyana Shield" is correct but people have their reasons for using the term Surinam vs. Guyana. “Guyana Shield” is like someone saying they are from the south east part of the US. You can be even more precise and say Georgia or South Carolina. I think my concern with trying to be so precise is you never really know and we are really talking about an area so small the boas will often go from one side of the river to another. I’ve concluded that unless I know and trust the exporter the best you can honestly tell someone is “I was told they originated from”. Also, the exporter doesn’t necessarily know where they were collected from.

Anyway as a locality guy I've thought a lot about this and I think I've reached the decision to refer and market my Surinam and Guyana boas as "Guyana Shield". I feel comfortable with this classification and I don't have to qualify anything with "I was told" or "they were sold to me as". Now - I will tell people if they want to know what I was told as far as if these originated from Surinam or Guyana if they want to know. More information is better than less, but I would also let them know I cannot be 100% certain. This topic is a can of worms and not everyone will agree and both sides have good points.





Good luck,



Kevin Madden

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