However, with captive breeding so common, as a result its very easy to find well established captive bred offspring. As a result, imported animals tend to fare poorly in comparison to captive bred individuals, stressing more easily and plagued with both internal and external parasites. Unfortunately, there are still many thousands of wild caught or farmed boas imported each year. spp., requiring cooler nigh time lows (66-68 F), dryer days, and often longer cooling periods to coax them into breeding.

constrictor is also a greater challenge than other Boa c. They also require higher humidity and warmer summer temperatures than the smaller Boa c. Husbandry compared to the smaller Boa imperator, although true red tail boas tend to be less tolerant of frequent handling. Finally, wild caught animals are collected from several localities, and exported with no reliable means of tracking where they were collected. constrictors localities overlap, and therefore natural mixing occurs. This may also be contributed to the fact that several of the locality Boa c. Although hobbyists often will seek out specific traits in locality types such as Suriname’s with large “widow” peaks, or Guyanese boas with pick sides, the reality is that each locality is highly variable in color and pattern.

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