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When I have more space...

Sharon

Sharon

Formerly Tsiriane
I need more boas!! Here is my one and only boa, Godric. He was my souvenir from Daytona last year, and probably my favorite snake.

Godric9_1_10.jpg

A tad washed out

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Dark phase

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His favorite pose

Thanks for looking!
Sharon
 
Very pretty! I really like boas also.... but they definitely require a lot more space than corns!
 
Thanks! He such a sweetie too. He likes to climb on my head when I get him out...
 
Calift said:
Nice snake!!

Is it possible to get pure Hog Islands without the black dots?
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No, the black dots is the main way of identifying a pure/true Hog Island. Normal Hypo boas wouldn't have the black, and people sometimes try to pass them as Hogs to make more money. September 2010 Reptiles magazine had a nice article on them.
 
Snakewhisperer said:
No, the black dots is the main way of identifying a pure/true Hog Island. Normal Hypo boas wouldn't have the black, and people sometimes try to pass them as Hogs to make more money. September 2010 Reptiles magazine had a nice article on them.
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Ohh okay....good to know and very interesting! Thanks :) :)
 
Snakewhisperer said:
No, the black dots is the main way of identifying a pure/true Hog Island. Normal Hypo boas wouldn't have the black, and people sometimes try to pass them as Hogs to make more money. September 2010 Reptiles magazine had a nice article on them.
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Have to disagree there. As far as I know, the black dots are definitely not the only or primary way of identifying a Hog Isle... it is more pronounced on them simply because the background color is much lighter, all classic boas are speckled to some extent.
You can't really say "normal hypo" either- hypos are not normal, nor would too many people sell them as Hog Isle because good quality hypos can end up being far more expensive and prettier than Hog Isle. If you mean low quality hypo... okay. Usually, I saw people trying to sell hog Isle crosses and pure Hog Isle- but not hypos.

Hog Isle Boas that have been line bred can and do exhibit extreme melanin reductions, and they are 100% pure Hog Isle.

Here are two nice examples:

http://media.photobucket.com/image/clean hog isle boa/paulsynnott/hog167.jpg

http://www.freewebs.com/herpetologyawareness/02.JPG
 
The 2nd one is AMAZING! Wow! But I like the speckles too, it's so interesting on the lighter background. BCI are just plain old pretty!
 
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