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I know that most of you are against this - if it's possible - but does anyone know if a Dumeril has ever successfully bred a Boa Constrictor? Again, I know this is a touchy issue, and I'm not asking if you think it SHOULD be done, but whether it has been done, or if it could be done, in your humble opinions. Given their geographic disparity, I wouldn't think so, but if I'm not mistaken, Dum's have been reclassified in the Boa genus, no? Is there genetic evidence to pair them so closely together?

thanks,
nate.

I believe it has been tried, especially back when albino boas first became popular. Never heard of it working.

I have often wondered if it had been tried. I wonder what they would look like.
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Pat Higdon
2.4 dumerils boas, 1.1 albino burmese python, 0.1 normal ball python, 1.1 bearded dragons, 2.1.1 leopard geckos & 0.0.1 sulcata tortoise

Probably like a very ugly dum.

Why mess with perfection? The only thing bci or bcc has to offer the dum is morphs, and that would be a very lengthy project even if the species bred easily.
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Thanks,
Amy

My Boids

Thats true, why ruin a good thing. Dums are just fine the way they are.
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Pat Higdon
2.4 dumerils boas, 1.1 albino burmese python, 0.1 normal ball python, 1.1 bearded dragons, 2.1.1 leopard geckos & 0.0.1 sulcata tortoise

Dum's and Boa constrictors are not in the same Genus. They are in the same subfamily...boinae.

Doug T

Doug Taylor Reptiles

That was true until Kluge, believe in 91, reclassified them under Boa Dumerili. In other papers they are also classified under B. Dumerili, but Acrantophis Dumerili is/was the norm. The Madagscan ground and tree boas were also affected.

Acrantophis dumerili JAN 1860
Boa dumerili — BOULENGER 1893: 120
Acrantophis madagascariensis dumerili — STULL 1935: 405
Acrantophis dumerili — STIMSON 1969
Acrantophis dumerili — KLUGE 1991: 8
BOA DUMERILI - KLUGE 1991:48
Acrantophis dumerili — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 327
Boa dumerili — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 185
Acrantophis dumerili — VENCES et al. 2001

Kluge's paper is very interesting. Makes you sit back and think doesn't it.
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Pat Higdon
Oklahoma City Herpetological Society Member
1.4.1 dumerils boas, 1.1 albino burmese python, 1.2 ball pythons, 2.2.1 bearded dragons, 2.2.1 leopard geckos & 0.0.1 sulcata tortoise

Thats a sweet Maddy!!!
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Pat Higdon
Oklahoma City Herpetological Society Member
1.4.1 dumerils boas, 1.1 albino burmese python, 1.2 ball pythons, 2.2.1 bearded dragons, 2.2.1 leopard geckos & 0.0.1 sulcata tortoise