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Just returned from a trip to Trinidad were i was fortunate enough to have collected two rainbow boas. One was a large female which we discovered under a pile of debris very near the beach. This female was a reddish brown with a white venter. Her pattern was visible, but very subdued.
The second snake was a sub-adult and had a very bright pattern. It was found hunting about eight or nine feet off the ground in a tangle of small trees and vines at night. . This animal was much more aggressive than the larger snake, striking violently at me while I photographed it.
The potential prey of these snake that I observed were lizards, ie; ameiva, iguana, and Polycrus ( a large anolis type lizard), birds and a fairly robust population of mice.
Both of these snakes showed a high amount of irridescence, thus their name "rainbow" was quite evident in these individuals.
We shot some great video of them crawling in the sun and the rainbow effect is impressive! As they slunk around, the local birds gatherd and heckled them annoyingly ( and us too!)The big female found a hole in the snake bag and escaped in our hotel room. Looking around I found her nicely tucked away in the bed dresser were I promptly photographed her as a prime habitat shot!
A great time. Phil

Just out of curiosity how did you get them out of the country? What did you have to do? I imagine you can't just go and snag some wildlife and take it with you.
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I hope you enjoyed your visit to my native land...

Some pictures would be great as well as the locations you found the specimens.

I'm sure you visited Nariva and Caroni swamps/nature reserves as well as a few of the waterfalls to find your snakes?

I can't wait to head home in Dec.

Cheers...
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Phil,
...I would really like to see some PICs. In the past I have seen PICs that several people have taken of Rainbow Boas on Trinidad. Some of them look like typical Colombian Rainbows, Epicrates cenchria maurus but some others have too much pattern and look somewhat like the Guyanan unidentified subspecies.
Jeff

>>Just returned from a trip to Trinidad were i was fortunate enough to have collected two rainbow boas. One was a large female which we discovered under a pile of debris very near the beach. This female was a reddish brown with a white venter. Her pattern was visible, but very subdued.
>>The second snake was a sub-adult and had a very bright pattern. It was found hunting about eight or nine feet off the ground in a tangle of small trees and vines at night. . This animal was much more aggressive than the larger snake, striking violently at me while I photographed it.
>>The potential prey of these snake that I observed were lizards, ie; ameiva, iguana, and Polycrus ( a large anolis type lizard), birds and a fairly robust population of mice.
>>Both of these snakes showed a high amount of irridescence, thus their name "rainbow" was quite evident in these individuals.
>>We shot some great video of them crawling in the sun and the rainbow effect is impressive! As they slunk around, the local birds gatherd and heckled them annoyingly ( and us too!)The big female found a hole in the snake bag and escaped in our hotel room. Looking around I found her nicely tucked away in the bed dresser were I promptly photographed her as a prime habitat shot!
>>A great time. Phil