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I have a nice male Rosy Boa that was given to me about a year ago. The people who had it bought him at a pet store and had no clue about anything; took good care of him but did make him fat! LOL. I am going to try and post a photo of him b/c I'm not 100% sure what type Rosy he is. I've been having a hard time IDing the type/morth of this snake. I really like this guy and was interested in perhaps breeding Rosys along with some of my other future projects. My question: do you or can you cross the different types of Rosys? I notice that many of the "types" are locales so it seems that they are quite variable and could cross breed. Is it possiable that I am having an issue IDing my snake b/c he is a cross or just variable?

Here is a link to give an idea. Note: This is not my snake but one I found online that looks a good bit like him. Any ideas of it's type? Thanks much for the help.
this is what my Rosy looks like

Congrats on getting a rosy. They are the best, IMO.
First off, yes, all rosy can interbreed. However most breeders try to keep their rosys locality pure.

As for identification, it is impossible to know what locality a rosy is without a trustworthy history of that specific individual. Many rosy boa freaks are pretty good at locality guessing, but they are still just guesses. Fun to guess, but just don't ever represent it's offspring as being locality specific based on a guess.

The image you posted is of a coastal rosy.
You would probably find the rosy boa image project very useful. Over 700 images of rosys from just about every locality and morph that is known.
http://borderboas.com/localityrosys/

http://borderboas.com/localityrosys/

Thanks for your post. I'll for sure check out that link seems really interesting. Thanks again.