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This is a female from one of my 2002 litters.

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Miller Reptiles

Very nice boa. That one (as well as a few others that I have seen on your website) have longer red tails than most other 'traditional' appearing South Brazilians. Are your animals from a different area in Southern Brazil? Don't get me wrong, I'm not criticizing the purity of your bloodlines or saying that your S. Brazilians aren't fine animals. Actually, quite the contrary. When/if I'm in the market for a pair I will definitely be looking at your babies first. I was just wondering.
Thanks,
Eric

we are talking brazilian (amarali) right ? or am i missing something here?? i know the bolivians have a shorter tail. do the brazilians have one as well?
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It actually does have a short tail. Some time ago I posted pictures on this forum showing how to do scale counts. The animal I used counted out to be amarali, right in the middle of the specified ranges for all counts. I used this particular animal for the demonstration, because I knew this question would come up. What you are talking about is red bands going up into the body. On this particular one, the saddles are red almost all the way up, and it is difficult to tell where the tail banding stops and the saddles begin. I've seen this in some Bolivians, too, but it isn't so noticeable because the tails aren't as red. There may be some selective breeding going on here too. The parents of this animal were Tim Belknaps personal holdbacks. I noticed that two of the females I held back from this litter both have very red tails, with the color extending up into the body. Most of the animals in the litter had way fewer tail bands. "In general" the south Brazilians we have in this country average about one more tail "band" than the Bolivians. However, our south Brazilians also throw lots of freaks. Amarali are not called the "short tailed boa" because of the tail banding, but because of the scale counts from the vent to the tip of the tail.
I am including a picture of an adult female with a similar appearance, also with scale counts that show it to be 100% amarali. This girl is from Belknap's 97 litter, and is sister to the father of my 2002 litter which the animal above came from.

Miller Reptiles

i have a pic somewhere of an amerali bolivian that i had....does your amerali have a speckled belly? this one did. it was purchased from RICHWAY about 20yr ago. no pic now. i do have a few pics though.
james c.
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