The name "Redtail" is just a name that the american market put on the "Common" Boa in order to make it more desireable to the buyer. Many years ago when we did not have email or enet. or reptile mags. you had to buy these animals from importers through the local papers in hardware stores or your local market.
Common Boas sold for alittle
Redtailed Boas Sold for alittle more
when these snake started to become available in pet stores and stores including Wal-Mart at one time the sellers had to come up with a catchy name to sell the animals so they coined them all as "RedTail" in order to atract potential buyers and make more money from the animals. Over the years the Once used discription became the new Overused Common name.
This is one more reason you have to be carefull when you are looking for future breeding stock "If you are wanting to keep Pure Localities" Be carefull who you are buying from becouse the Reptile world is a Big Money business for the ones that come up with these nice little Nicknames for Normal everyday animals.
Just the other part of my .02cents
Take care
Justin

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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