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I picked up this guy at a local reptile shop. AZ reptile center in Arizon. The snake was dubbed as very aggresive by the shop workers it had bit a lady who was holding it I guess. Anyways the sides are so beautiful with a mix of colors (Pink, Green, and Orange and the snake a has almost a pale backround with an odd saddle shape. He has been VERY aggresive in his encose Hissing ver very loud and striking the glass as I walk by. I have taken him out simply by using a Oven mit to pick him up and show dominance and once he out hes perfectly fine with being handeled for hours. Any ideas why and or what species he is?

Sorry I would'nt call that a new morph. Just a nice BCI, maybe some type of intergrade? Good luck

No one seems to be able to identify this. Meaning maybe it's a morph no ones seen before? HeHas intenese color on his sides and none of the local herps I know can identify him!

The reason nobody can identify it, has more to do with it being a petshop animal without any background information. Which means it could be one of many localities, or an intergrade.
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Randall L Turner Jr.
Boas make the world go round.

looks like a boa to me, you do know bci's are quite variable right?

noone has identified your boa. That boa cannot be identified with 100% accuracy. He is not a new morph. He is all Boa constrictor imperator and most likely a cross between localities. I would wager Colombian x Central American. I say this because (although hard to tell from the photos) the boa has a heavy CA influence, many speckles, small tail blotches, and looks to have a high saddled count. However, most CA boas are not that light, so there may be some Colombian blood. Many Central American and Honduran boas have red or orange bellies and the same colors on their body. He is a good looking boa, but again, he is not a new morph. With better pictures, a little more information may be derived, but that's what I see. Congrats on finding a good looking boa and good luck with him.
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Phil Goss
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Theres no doubt its a Central American(poor picture or not)
The Dorsal,Lateral,Ventral patterns are common CA traits,markers or whatever term one chooses for locale confirmation purposes.
As to debateing Colombian influences ? Not much need as its very minimal at best.(if at all)
I would enjoy a better look of that animal,our primary focus is on CA forms and that one displays some unique qualities/diversity we see within our specific groups.I would speculate but it would not likely go to far.We'll save that for the future when we have liveing examples to support it.

TnK
>>noone has identified your boa. That boa cannot be identified with 100% accuracy. He is not a new morph. He is all Boa constrictor imperator and most likely a cross between localities. I would wager Colombian x Central American. I say this because (although hard to tell from the photos) the boa has a heavy CA influence, many speckles, small tail blotches, and looks to have a high saddled count. However, most CA boas are not that light, so there may be some Colombian blood. Many Central American and Honduran boas have red or orange bellies and the same colors on their body. He is a good looking boa, but again, he is not a new morph. With better pictures, a little more information may be derived, but that's what I see. Congrats on finding a good looking boa and good luck with him.
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>>Phil Goss
>>www.gossreptiles.com
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>>info@gossreptiles.com
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