You basically have a Columbian BCI or Boa Contrictor Imperator. It is often referred to as a common red tail. The "true redtails" are the BCC or Boa Contrictor Constrictor, which can be from different localities such as Surinam, Guyana and some BCC even hail form Columbia if I am not mistaken. IT is basically the same species but differnet subspecies. The BCC have a slightly higher sensitivity to husbandry and have been known to be a little more to handle than the BCI. I think BCI is a better place to start with the red tails. Check out Gus' site at Riobravoreptiles.com for great info on each subspecies and locality.

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• Confused...Columbian Boa, Columbian Red-Tail... - ibanez594, Thu Jun 24 05:31:17 2004
• RE: Confused...Columbian Boa, Columbian Red-Tail... - Tairo, Thu Jun 24 06:32:47 2004
• More... - triniian, Thu Jun 24 07:39:46 2004
• It's ColOmbian........everything else is pretty accurate......n/p - BillyBoy, Thu Jun 24 11:51:18 2004
• RE: It's ColOmbian........everything else is pretty accurate......n/p - ibanez594, Thu Jun 24 12:34:44 2004
• Just a little note... - Najakaouthia, Fri Jun 25 02:08:48 2004
• Something else I forgot to mention.... - Najakaouthia, Fri Jun 25 02:20:05 2004