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hi i think i hve produced a new morph pics dont do any justice at all it is a green redatail i hve had for for about 7 months and havent said anything to make sure the color wasnt temparary and it isnt its like a rainbow of green she will change from bright green to dark green whenever she wants its amazing when i took the pics it was night time so they suck i will take here outside nd take pics so u cna actuly see the green on her its amazing plz let me know anything to help me or any ideas about this morph
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I don't know my lo-cals too well, but it looks like a vibrant Costa Rican to me -- nice looking, but I don't know about it being a morph . Color tones are usualy considered a wild-type variation.
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Snake room janitor

yeh you might just be right but u just have to her in person the green is no where to be seen in the pics i ve seen alot of boas but never like this

Looks like a Panamanian Boa or Costa Rican Boa or possibly even an Isla De Maize (Corn Island) Boa

I remember seeing some Honduran Boas with a similar light phase appearance as well.

I believe Corn Isle Boas are known to often have greenish colors to them.

So this Boas phenotype could be explained by the Locality of some
of it's ancestors I would think.

I'm sure it's a beautiful and unusual sight in person, it's
very pretty in this image.

I would be very hesitant to describe this Boa as any form of Morph.

Good luck with your research

. . . Lar M
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I agree that it closely resembles some of the central American locals, but any pics or information about the parents would certanly help.

patrick

I have a Costa Rican with coloring just like that. Not uncommon at all.

I've saw low-yellow/high-blue Costa Ricans as well. Several C. Am. locales have noticeable blue-ness(I believe it has to do with the hormone controlled pigmentation that gives them diel darkening/lightening cycles) that I'm supposing in higher yellow animals also gives the greenish appearance. While perhaps not a "mutation" I would think it could be enhanced through selective breeding to be a "morph" just like others market selectively bred "pastels," etc. A noticeably green boa constrictor would be a pretty snake.