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I think you can help me out here Joe. If not, hopefully someone else. I am wondering about some of the characteristics of Type II Anery boas. I purchased one about two weeks ago and it shed last night. I attached a pic of the head of the snake. Is it normal for there to be this type of coloration on the head. Thanks in advance.

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"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." - Bob Marley

But I hope you didn't pay a whole lot for him/her, I have never owned a "type 2" but I have had lots of experience with Anery's and I would hesitate to call that one an Anery, If its showing any pink/peach coloration on the head, which it could be my monitor, I would say its not a Type 2..Type 2's should have no Red coloration and supposidly not have yellow as well. So if there is coloration like that on him/her, I would say its not an Anery...Maybe someone else has more info, I would love to hear more feedback...
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Amanda Kingsbury & David Kendrick
www.executivereptiles.com

Who knows....I have seen some Pardox Ghosts before...and Paradox albinos...
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Amanda Kingsbury & David Kendrick
www.executivereptiles.com

Lets see some more photos of the whole body. But most likely it is not an anery.

Chris
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Chris Smith
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That is a totally normal columbian, Paradoxing shows up as color blotches that you can obviously tell they don'y belong.

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looks like. Is that type II part colombian?

Actually yes because he is from My dbl het female...

Will definitely prove to be an interesting project. Good luck with them.

Bob Mcphee

there's a couple of us working on it. I have a very gravid female right now, so hopefully it will snow in may or june...

n/p

Type II. Type II anery boas are Central American. Your boa is Colombian, or at least mainly Colombian. The rosy cheeks on your boa throw out the possibility of your snake being anery. She could be het. for anery. She could even be het. for Type II. But definitely not anerythristic of either kind. If you paid for an anery, I would be contacting the person you bought her from. That animal was misrepresented. Look at the Type IIs posted below. Although not all Type IIs are as nice as the ones posted, you can see what they should look like. Here is a nice head and tail shot of mine. She is approaching two years old and still no brown. See any reds, pinks, browns, etc...? Post a pic of your snake's tail. Sorry if you were mislead on your snake. Hope you get it resolved.

Phil Goss

Here is a picture of a Type II Anerythristic produced from DH Blizzard X Dh Blizzard from Jeremy Stone's Blizzard project and the grandchild of the Type II Anerythristic Nicaraguan matriarch and the Kahl Albino Colombian patriarch.

Your boa doesn't look C.A. or Anerythristic of any type. One consideration is price. Baby CBB Type II Anery males are $1000-$1500, any ADULT available would either be from the Dh Blizzard breedings (VERY few are available even as babies) or wild caught.

Your Boa also has brown, not characteristic of Type II Anery boas which darken with age (the Blizzard project Type II's are often black).

that looks like it could be a colombian or a colombian crossed with a central american boa.

Central american boas have much more pigment, which make them appear darker overall. Many of these animals appear to be anerythristic, but are not. There may be alot of black, but part of that is all the pigment underneath it. You can make out quite a bit of color on that snake on the face. You probably can't make out that color on it's lower half (which is ALWAYS darker) which is why it was sold to you as an anerythristic.

If you can, please post pics of the whole snake!

Thanks much, take care, Joe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

I just wanted to get second opinions on the snake, as I had a feeling it could not be anery with that pink. The snake is definately a CA, but I see now that the pic makes it look Colombian. I contacted the person I bought it from and the situation has been rectified. Thanks again for all of your help!
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"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." - Bob Marley