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I own 3 Dumerils now.but im looking into buying a pair of Madagascar Boas.Besides the price how can you tell the difference between the 2.I have seen some with lighter color and some darker.

I'm assuming your asking about the difference between dumerili and madagascariensis.

Madagascar Ground Boas (MGB's) get bigger and have smaller clutches. Dumerils are smaller and easier to breed. I have both species but they are both young. As young boas, they aren't all that different looking or behaving. The MGB's have larger scales on their heads which is the easiest quickest way to the difference.

If you have the space, time and feeders, get the MGB's and be a little different from the rest of the boa crowd.

Doug T
www.DougTaylorReptiles.com

>>I own 3 Dumerils now.but im looking into buying a pair of Madagascar Boas.Besides the price how can you tell the difference between the 2.I have seen some with lighter color and some darker.

thanks for the response.feeders are not a problem i breed my own mice,rats and African Soft Furred Rats.I also have 20 Boas i my collection and growing.I try to read and find out most of the info my self but some things are hard to find.

One other interesting difference is that young MGB's can have quite a bit of red colors in their patterns.

MGB's have come down in price quite a bit in the past few years so folks are either getting better breeding them or demand is down due to so many bci and bcc being bred that the cages are being filled with something else.

Best of luck with them.

Doug T

>>thanks for the response.feeders are not a problem i breed my own mice,rats and African Soft Furred Rats.I also have 20 Boas i my collection and growing.I try to read and find out most of the info my self but some things are hard to find.

I have both dums and mads. The difference in appearance is like night and day when they are side by side. Shoot me an email addy and I’ll send you some pics

thanks for the extra info email them to midtennboa@comcast.net