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Im going to cancun mexico in July!!!! I want to go look for some boas, are they every where there? Dose anybody know where I can look?
thanks,
Blake

While at Daytona I saw some nice Venezuelan BCC on Gus Rentfro of Rio Bravo Reptiles table and asked him where one would find these. My wife, who is from Venezuela, was with me and we both laughed when Gus said the best place to find boas was at the city dump of Caracas lol. When you think about it this makes a lot of sense since there is a plentiful supply of rodents there with many places for the boas to hide and call home. So you may want to consider this. It doesn't quite meet your expectations of trouncing through the brush or desert though does it?

.. it's from Isla Blanca (not an island) north of PTO. Juarez and Punta Sam.. all private now, gated, with guards. (developed too).

The sand road right on the coast from just south of the Rio negro area going to PTO. Morelos was good for boas and the big geckoes until a few years ago.. to many people and too much trafffic!.. but I understand one of the unauthorised dumps is still there, I found boas there and a milksnake.

Just a couple of years ago the cuota (toll-road) inland was mostly deserted.. one-way traffic and right though great habitat.. fer-de-lance, boas, the common colubrids (like snail-eaters) great collecting if there's any rain. The federales don't like you turning around but if you can convince them you are just a crazy American, not avoiding the toll booths they'll let you be.

If you can get on to the road that runs along the water pipeline from near the airport exit you can see stuff too. They were restricting traffic last time i was there.

Here's the pic.
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Gus
A. Rentfro
RioBravoReptiles.com
www.riobravoreptiles.com

"Quality is not an accident. Perfectly healthy animals are a minimum requirement.. everything else is just salesmanship" gus

I live in san diego and I go to mexico alot and I also have a bunch of mexican friends who all have a story about boas by there old house or their grandmas house so from what I hear thier good and plenty down thier Rich