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I took a pair of B.c.c. from a friend.
He's not sure of the location ... any hints??

Thanx
Thorsten

>>I took a pair of B.c.c. from a friend.
>>He's not sure of the location ... any hints??
>>
>>Thanx
>>Thorsten
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

It's a Boa constrictor imperator, and it's Central American.

>>It's a Boa constrictor imperator, and it's Central American.

I thought one of the "diagnostic" characteristics of imperator was expansion of the stripe on the middle of the head (the cross shaped bar)?

Here's one from the northern part of the imperator range that has one although it can be hard to see -

and a juvie from the southern part (Panama) of imperator range with the same "cross bar".

I may be wrong, but I remember reading in an old publication that this crossbar was found in all imperator.
Or are you ID'ing it based on some other character?
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

It's a "Colombian" red tail boa that are imported/bred frequently. It is not (in my opinion) a B.c.c. There are several characteristics which define South American B.c.c. and this animal exhibits none of them.

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BCC
scale counts - 75 to 95 dorsal rows.
227 to 250 ventrals.
49 to 62 subcaudals.
Average 15 to 21 saddles.

BCI
scale counts - 56 to 79 dorsal rows.
225 to 253 ventrals.
47 to 65 subcaudals.
Average 22 to 30 saddles.

BCA ( Amaral Boa)
scale counts - 71 to 79 dorsal rows.
226 to 237 ventrals.
43 to 52 subcaudals.
Average 22 saddles.

BCL (Longicauada)
scale counts - 60 to 76 dorsal rows.
243 to 247 ventrals.
50 to 67 subcaudals.
Average 19 to 21 saddles.

BCO (Occidentalis)
scale counts - 65 to 87 dorsal rows.
242 to 251 ventrals.
45 subcaudals.
Average 22 to 30 saddles.
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2.1.0 Sumatran Blood Pythons
1.0 Black Blood Python
1.0 Dumeril's Boa
0.1 Coastal Carpet Python
0.1 Jungle Carpet Python

Yeah I know this is really late but that definately is not a BCC... It's either a relly dark Columbian or a central american... I would go with a central american though...
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