Our animals were captive born in Costa Rica; however the parents of our breeders were collected on the island of Saboga. We believe these animals along with the babies we have produced to be the only true Boa Constrictor Sabogae in Captivity. The other animals being called “Sabogae” were actually collected on the island of Taboga, which is about 8 miles off the coast of Panama and not even a part of the Pearl Island Chain. Those animals are very similar to, if not the same as the Hypomelanistic animals that come from the mainland of Panama, like the Matriarch Salmon. In fact, during the collection of the animals from Taboga, normal Non-Hypomelanistic animals were also seen on the same island as the other so called “Sabogae.”

With that being said, the Island of Saboga is about 48 miles from Panama City and is nearly 40 miles from the point of collection of the other animals being called Boa Constrictor Sabogae.

It is unclear why some think that the Salmon Boas were created by breeding B.C.I. into Boa Constrictor Sabogae, when there were no Boa Constrictor Sabogae in private collections until just a couple of years ago. This coupled with the fact that there are Salmon Boas in the wild in Panama today leads us to believe that the Salmon Boa did not come from Boa Constrictor Sabogae.

This is the facts as we know and them and if anyone has other information that contradicts this please share what you have so this can be cleared up once and for all. I am sure that this horse is tired of being beaten! Hey look over there it’s a Jungle Boa!

Take Care,
Brandon & Rich

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