Last year on my way to the San Antonio Expo I stopped by the Snake Farm in New Braunfels. Hadn't been to the Snake Farm in 10 years, at least. Saw this Colombian Rainbow Boa in one of the cages and commented to the guy(1), the snake looked just like the female I'd left there back in Oct. 1972, the day before I went into the Navy. So the guy says to me -- "That's one of her offspring. She just died a couple of years back. She lived longer than any snake we've ever owned". This was in 2007. I had had that snake for at least 6 years. Here is a 1968 photo of it from my Photobucket page.

Bought it from Manny King(2), All Pets Pet Center, Bellaire Texas around 1965 or 1966. It was an adult when I bought it.
That kid running The Snake Farm has been there for all 3 owners. I guess he should know. When I asked him if the snake in question had a certain identifying feature, he said it did. Anyway, if this is all true, that puts that snake's lifespan in captivity of at least 30 years. Total age at death, probably 35 years, or more.

That other boa is one Joe Laszlo gave me. Think it might be a True Colombian BCC?

(1) Name withheld for privacy.

(2) Manny King -- Son of '"The Snake King" in Brownsville',pg 151, 204,...; Handbook of Snakes, Wright and Wright, Cornell University Press, 1957.
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