Well Joel I will say one thing; " The true Purist is a rare bird these days and allot that claim to be are really not as much a purist as some may think themselves to be. "

The only person out there that would know if you were breeding a Suriname to a Guyana, is you " unless of course you posted pictures of the breeding pair of adults and they were obviously from a known bloodline. "

These days, breed a B.C.C. with huge peaks to another with huge peaks and produce a litter of babies with huge peaks, very few will ask if they are pure Suriname or pure Guyana and even if they do, most of them really still do not care as long as it REPRESENTS THAT GOOD OLE PERFECT look that so many seem to crave and throw the rest in the trash.

Before I got out and took a four year break from all of this, I had some real deal documented Locality Boas from Suriname and Guyana and even French Guiana.

Do you know how many were impressed with the data? " Very few. "

I keep things as in much in line as I can and if I cannot know the origin of a Suriname or Guyana " I am not much concerned as this stands in most cases and I am really trying not to sweat the small stuff these days. "

I just am really starting to miss Classic Looking Boas again and truly appreciating their beauty as each individual represents it and get away from this perfect mentality.

When we get so wound tight, that we will turn down a beautiful Peruvian for example, because it has a couple of Peaks on its saddles, then are we not really going to far?

Individual thing I guess?

You want to answer your own questions Joel, try to take a little time and study the Geography of South America Bro.

Study it and use a little common sense as we call it here in the south and you will see that there is really only one major thing that seperates the looks and characteristics of B.C.C. and that is the Geography from wich they came.

I do not open this up for much debate anymore, but if people would look at some very simple aspects, they would see that the same thing that seprates Northern Emeralds from ** BASIN ** Emeralds, is what seperates B.C.C. and their characteristics and why you will see Guyanas that look like Surinames and Surinames that look like Guyanas, but you will be hard pressed to ever find a Guyana or Suriname, that looks like a Peruvian OR ANY LOWLAND Basin B.C.C. from a lowland region.

Striped Emeralds, Blotted Northern Emeralds, but both Corallus Caninus, even though they look nothing alike.

Highland Boas, Lowland Boas, both are B.C.C., but Boas from these two areas are very different from each other.

Getting the Picture?

Take Care Joel.......JJ

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