A name has finally come to me for this little guy. I like when a name just seems to step forward and offer itself.
What follows is the meandering thought process of a sleep deprived mind in regards to a name. Feel free to scroll past to see the chosen name.
When I first decided on a Costa Rican, I was thinking of a name having to do with a leaf or fallen leaves, based on the boa's coloring and head shape. Couldn't find anything suitable along that route.
So tonight as I'm looking at a pic of the boa, I decided that if one were poetic, one would describe this snake as silver. Looked up silver on Wikipedia and found the Latin name is argentum, which made me think of Argento
(which apparently is another form of the word), the name Maximus
(from Gladiator) gave to one of the horses on his breastplate
(I always wondered if he was joking or if he really had owned a horse by that name). As soon as I put Argento to a mental image of the boa, it clicked. Looking at the pics above and saying the name aloud, it just seems to fit.
So goeth my process for determining a name for an animal.
I hereby declare this male Costa Rican Boa Constrictor (b.c.imperator), born July 7, 2010, bred by Vin Russo, to be named....
Argento
and now I'm going to bed, because the lack of sleep is obviously addling my mind.. :sidestep:
