This mindset is why I find myself at odds with me even keeping these animals. I can get locality data on the stuff I pick out from Surinam, so this "only one verified Locality line" is complete BS. The reason I don't is because it will always be questioned, even if I gave specific GPS waypoints. I do believe this micro locality lableing stuff has gone too far. Its unfortunate that the lable is more of a comfort than to know who your buying from. Boas will be my first love in the Snake world, but I do find myself being drawn furthur and furthur away to other facets of the Reptile world. Stuff that people could really care less about locality data, and more about just having the animals in captivity. Somewhere along the line that gets lost in the Boa world. Something that is taken for granted. To me a Boa is a Boa, whether from Mexico or Argentina, and should be treated and respected as such. Not berated because it doesn't have a fad lable or locality attached to it. As far as I'm concerned, animals from Surinam and Guyana are the same thing, with many different phenotypes being expressed. Too many opportunities for geneflow between the two countries.


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