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central American or Nicaraguan boa?

Void Jul 06, 2010 12:48 AM

So I'm having trouble figuring out if my red tail is a c.a or a Nicaraguan boa. Can't put up pix cause I'm using my Droid to post but here's my flickr link to my boa
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0.1 Jungle x Diamond Carpet Python - Hazard
1.1Ball Python - Curse & no name yet
0.0.1 Green Tree Python - No name yet
0.1 Blk & Wht Banded Cali King Snake - Beetlejuice
1.0 Yellow Anaconda - Goliath
1.1 Rainbow Boa - Chaos (M,Peruvian) Pandora (F,Brazilian)
2.1 Red tail Boa- Loki & Malakai (Central American) Nyx (Colombian)
1.1 Dumerils Boa - Poisonous (Female) Venomous (Male)
1.0 Green Iguana - Gigan
0.0.1 Emperor Scorpion - Scorponok
0.2 Ferrets - Frenzy & Virus
1.0 Burmese - Behemoth
0.1 Argentine Boa - Hexus
20 Red Eared Turtles & 2 River Cooters

Replies (2)

jscrick Jul 06, 2010 01:21 AM

Nic is short for Nicaraguan. Nics are from/originate from Nicaragua. Nicaragua is in Central America, so Nic is a CA locality type. Nic and CA are the same. All Nics are Central American, but not all Central Americans are Nics.
There are other CA localities. Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Hog Island (Honduras), El Salvador (Blood Boa), some Mexican localities.
All Central American boas belong to the Common Boa subspecies - Boa constrictor imperitor, or Bci.
Yours is definitely a CA of some sort, Probably pure Nicaraguan or a mix.
jsc
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Void Jul 07, 2010 07:24 AM

Hey sorry for the late reply and tnx for the info. So to you he looks like a pure nic or something close to it? But how can you tell if its pure?
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0.1 Jungle x Diamond Carpet Python - Hazard
1.1Ball Python - Curse & no name yet
0.0.1 Green Tree Python - No name yet
0.1 Blk & Wht Banded Cali King Snake - Beetlejuice
1.0 Yellow Anaconda - Goliath
1.1 Rainbow Boa - Chaos (M,Peruvian) Pandora (F,Brazilian)
2.1 Red tail Boa- Loki & Malakai (Central American) Nyx (Colombian)
1.1 Dumerils Boa - Poisonous (Female) Venomous (Male)
1.0 Green Iguana - Gigan
0.0.1 Emperor Scorpion - Scorponok
0.2 Ferrets - Frenzy & Virus
1.0 Burmese - Behemoth
0.1 Argentine Boa - Hexus
20 Red Eared Turtles & 2 River Cooters

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