Hi everyone, I normally post over in the Ball Python forum, however, I've been lurking over here for years. Now I'm looking for a little assistance.

I'm seriously considering coming over to the dark side and picking up a boa. I don't have any ambitions to ever breed it, but I do want an excellent looking individual. Sex and adult size are not issues for me. I also don't really care to get any morphs. Ball morphs are cool, but most other species of pythons and boas I prefer in their wild type form.

I've been leaning towards getting a Suriname, but I am still unsure. I have well over a decade of experience with reptiles and amphibians and there are not too many species I would feel uncomfortable working with.

These are my criteria:
-Must have a large red tail (Brazilians are nice but their tail is too short)
-Must have a silver/grey ground color as an adult. I don't really care for the browning out I see in a lot of adults and I'm not sure how much of this is an effect of the camera vs. being actually representative of the animals.
-I would like something that looks like the Peruvian John J. (madisonrecords) posted below... but something that looks like that as an adult.

The colors need to "pop" and I'd like to keep the speckling to a minimum.

I know this will mostly be dependent on the individual animal, but I'm just looking for general recommendations (for your experiences) of species/localities that would fit best into my criteria. Would a Suri be a good choice?

Since I'm only getting one I can afford to be picky and am more than willing to be patient enough for the right animal to come around.

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