In the past now and again photos of the so - called jungle boas were posted here. Many of these specimens looked so similar to "normal boas" that I already asked myself where the big deal in these animals should be.



As a matter of fact most of them look so close to normal crossbreed boas with slight aberrancies that occour in almost every litter that I ask myself where the normal crossbreed ends and the jungle boa begins. In my litter of true surinam redtails I have some animals with a similar aberrant pattern (zig-zag stripes, inherited from the wildcaught grandfather). Shall I call them jungle surinams now?



You all know that I am not fond of morphs, but I understand that some people are willing to pay money for albinos, snows, three-tone boas, hypos, anerythristic boas and so on. Here the "morph" is clearly visibly. One is looking to a really different boa. But the jungle boas... No sir, one needs a double take to see something slightly special in it, if at all.



The reason why I write this now is that I informed myself as to the prices of morphs. Looking at the current market price for jungle boas I can not abstain to state that these boas should be renamed as "trap-for-fools-boas".



It's none of my business and since I have no marketing interests in the U.S. I don't really care. But exactly this fact gives me the possibility to say something aloud what the one or the other of you is maybe thinking also.
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