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Hi

I thought some of you might get a kick out of what some of the boas from Honduras look like. I know that lots of folks have seen Honduran strains, etc. However, this is a large 2.4 meter female that I found with my friend Jorge Ferrari during a collecting expedition this past November.

Actually, Jorge deserves the credit. We were hiking back to camp and he just happened to flip a fallen bannan leaf!

That sure made our morning interesting!

We found this specimen at Jeanette Kawas National Park at Punta Sal, Atlantida, Honduras.

Saludos,

Carl J. Franklin
Biological Curator and Collections Manager
Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center
University of Texas at Arlington
Department of Biology
P.O. Box 19498
Arlington, Texas 76019
(817)272-3615
http://biology.uta.edu/herpetology/

more information regarding this specimen

Edited on January 3, 2006 at 21:14:59 by phwyvern.

I have seen similiar boas on Roatan, largest was a 7' female that had been run over, also saw many mexican rat snakes and tarantulas. Roataners dont like snakes, they kill them usually, but when I showed up and recruited the local kids to help me find animals they changed their tune, especially when american dollars were distributed for their efforts! They were scratching their heads when I took my pictures and then released the snakes though.
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Lateralis
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