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gaz asome boas I love your hypo crawl cay.

to those that are say they dont' look like crawl cays i ask have you ever caught boas on crawl cay? no didn't think you had. some people said that they didn't look like other crawl cays well these are from euro stock right? so might it be possable that the euro stock looks a little different from american stock? how man of us have bci's that throw odd babies from time to time? how can you all be so fast to say the an tangerana crawl cay has to be a mix. I have caught boas of wee cay and the surronding islands and no two looked like could even be from the same parents. so these dont look the other crawl cays you have seen it probale because they aren't from the same parents as yours. give people the credit thats do intell you have reason not to please?

But on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica and yes you are right, Unless you have been there to see the true wild animals it is hard to make judgements in regaurds to mulit-generation captive born animals.
It is a Natural thing to a breeder to pick out "the best looking" animals of a litter to raise up to become breeders. Unfortunatly this act itself changes the look of the "True" Locality animal just after a few generations/ The breeder may be choosing animal for smaller size, better color, temperment or a variaity of different reasons. After 3-4 generations of breeding " the best of the best of the best..." You have changed the fundamental look of the true wild locality that you are breeding/buying.
In Costa Rica I actually found the animals to be brighter in color then what you see as "Central American Boas". Their colors are lighter then the Nics and their irredescence (sp) is very distinct, with a lot of orange colors. I have not been to the Belize area yet but hope to go within the next couple of years to view the animals there.
But to say one persons animal does not look like what you think it should does not mean that it is not that locality, it is just not your ideal version of that locality that is all.
Thanks
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Jim Hopkins "Hoppy"
Hopkins Holesale Herps
Hopfam1@aol.com