quite a beautiful snake. Do they all start off with that beautiful granite like orange/red/black speckling and it turns steadily darker til their tails look like a fresh oil spill in the sun? (ie rainbowish black)

I have to say I certainly haven't seen any of them in Canada myself, only two species of Rainbow boa I see regularly are Brazilian and Columbian..and I think a misnamed Peruian (as it looked like a Columbian and I am pretty sure the Peruvian look much like Brazilian but with either larger or smaller scales..)

As for importing them in from the states, I think all you really need is a CITES permit, depending on how the subflavus are classified...though I expect the real question is how much are you willing to pay a breeder in the US to go through all the red tape to ship one to you?

Also, the Canadian bloodlines may have come from a US breeder to start off with, so may need to check your source here to see where their stock originated from. Really depends on how well people kept track of who they bought their animals from.

On another note, how big do these rainbows get? I find rainbow boas are a species of boa that doesn't get enough recognition up here, they are beautiful snakes and outshine many other commonly kept boa species in my eyes. (in my eyes normal Brazilian rainbow boas out shine most of the red tails, BCI and subspecies and their morphs) and have the advantage of not weighing so much and needing as much space. (and not getting as large...heard red tails and BCI's reach anywhere between 6' to 14' though not sure if this is accurate or the range is due to many variations in size of subspecies and regional species, mostly because the name Red tailed boa seems to apply to more than one species of boa)
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