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Trying to figure out exactly what kind of boa this is because I'd like to trade it for a female colubrid or 2 and need to know what the approximate trade value should be. She's about 4' and very fiesty, black instead of red on tail, with a very nice irridescent sheen. Thinking it's some sort of anery, maybe a central American or type 2 Nicaraguan?
That looks to be a Nicaraguan "imperator" to me, and could very well be an anery type II as well. But I would take some much clearer, larger, true color pics and post them over on the "boa" forum here and see what others say about it as well.
Here is the link......
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing" 
I'm guessing 'true color' means without the flash but not sure what you mean by larger and I don't know how to make them any clearer, the 2 whole-body shots look pretty clear to me?
I'm just saying that I can't tell if the snake truly has NO red pigment(erythrin) in the tail or not in those photos alone.
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
Ok, that makes more sense. I'll see if I can take some better pics of the tail section. I think there are a very few slightly-lighter patches within the black spots on the tail but they are brownish instead of red.
yeah, if you take that snake outside and photograph in daylight then we can see the real tail color.
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