heres my other wish list snake lol

[Hyokenseisou]

Originally Posted by SuicideAnomaly

What about the Guyanan Rainbow Boa?

I didn't know what other rainbows I could get that weren't illegal, that and I have yet to see a guyanan around, ever.

[SuicideAnomaly]

Originally Posted by Hyokenseisou

I didn't know what other rainbows I could get that weren't illegal, that and I have yet to see a guyanan around, ever.

The Crowfoot Petland had one for the longest time, but I don't think it's there any longer. He had an amazing temperament.

[satanicgeckogirl]

I had a GTP! it was a crabby little thing. sure was fun on feeding day haha. you needed a towel to get him out of the feeding tub. sharp teeth on that guy. but gorgeous! unfortunately most of the reptiles went with my ex when i ditched him. too bad though. i really miss the reptiles. atleast i got my satanics!

[Hyokenseisou]

Originally Posted by SuicideAnomaly

The Crowfoot Petland had one for the longest time, but I don't think it's there any longer. He had an amazing temperament.

Wow... a Petland, of all places had one? I never go to the crowfoot one so I wouldn't have known. I used to go to the sunridge one for shiggles when I was in the area because that's the closest one, but now that I live in coventry, I go to that one on occasion.

[FrogO_Oeyes]

Both Colombian (Epicrates maurus) and "Brazilian" (Epicrates cenchria) [all five species occur in Brazil] rainbow boas occur in Guyana, and possibly the Amazon rainbow (Epicrates assisi) as well, marginally. The specimen that's been at Crowfoot forever appears to be E.maurus. I have a picture actually...hm...not uploaded though.

Here are the illegal boas in Alberta, per the stickied thread:

Anacondas Genus Eunectes

[Spankenstyne]

"Rainbow boas" seem to be under constant revision. You'll find people referencing between 5 and 12 different subspecies at any given time. I found a more current "master list" online that wouldn't surprise me if it's been revised further since April of this year:

Master List of Rainbow Boa Subspecies

E. c. cenchria (“Brazilian”)
--(now includes) E. c. gaigei (“Peruvian”)
--(now includes) E. c. hygrophilus (“Espirito Santo”)

E. c. crassus (“Paraguayan”)
--(now includes) E. c. polylepis (“Central highland”)

E. c. maurus (“Colombian”)
--(now includes) E. c. barbouri (“Marajo Island”)

E. c. alvarezi (“Argentine”)

E. c. assisi (“Caatinga”)


As Andrew pointed out all are technically legal to keep in Alberta, but as for availability and the legality of getting them here might be another story altogether. Gives you more of a starting point to work from though. You may also be interested in some other members of the Epicrates genus, "Boas of the West Indies" which are very interesting (and often cranky). Some of which we see available once in a while:

EPICRATES GENUS:
E. angulifer - Cuban Boa
E. chrysogaster - Turk's Island Boa (3 sub-species)
E. exsul - Abaco Island Boa
E. fordii - Ford's Boa (3 sub-species)
E. gracilis - Haitian Tree Boa (2 sub-species)
E. inornatus - Puerto Rican Boa
E. monensis - Mona Island Boa (2 sub-species)
E. striatus - Haitian Boa (7 sub-species)
E. subflavus - Jamaican Boa

[Stewjoe]

I want (but don't have space or funds for) is an olive python, eastern indigo, and a snow bci.

[Hyokenseisou]

Originally Posted by FrogO_Oeyes

Both Colombian (Epicrates maurus) and "Brazilian" (Epicrates cenchria) [all five species occur in Brazil] rainbow boas occur in Guyana, and possibly the Amazon rainbow (Epicrates assisi) as well, marginally. The specimen that's been at Crowfoot forever appears to be E.maurus. I have a picture actually...hm...not uploaded though.

Here are the illegal boas in Alberta, per the stickied thread:

Oh so you're thinking it might have actually been a crb mislabeled as something else?

Originally Posted by Spankenstyne

"Rainbow boas" seem to be under constant revision. You'll find people referencing between 5 and 12 different subspecies at any given time. I found a more current "master list" online that wouldn't surprise me if it's been revised further since April of this year:

Master List of Rainbow Boa Subspecies

E. c. cenchria (“Brazilian”)
--(now includes) E. c. gaigei (“Peruvian”)
--(now includes) E. c. hygrophilus (“Espirito Santo”)

E. c. crassus (“Paraguayan”)
--(now includes) E. c. polylepis (“Central highland”)

E. c. maurus (“Colombian”)
--(now includes) E. c. barbouri (“Marajo Island”)

E. c. alvarezi (“Argentine”)

E. c. assisi (“Caatinga”)


As Andrew pointed out all are technically legal to keep in Alberta, but as for availability and the legality of getting them here might be another story altogether. Gives you more of a starting point to work from though. You may also be interested in some other members of the Epicrates genus, "Boas of the West Indies" which are very interesting (and often cranky). Some of which we see available once in a while:

EPICRATES GENUS:
E. angulifer - Cuban Boa
E. chrysogaster - Turk's Island Boa (3 sub-species)
E. exsul - Abaco Island Boa
E. fordii - Ford's Boa (3 sub-species)
E. gracilis - Haitian Tree Boa (2 sub-species)
E. inornatus - Puerto Rican Boa
E. monensis - Mona Island Boa (2 sub-species)
E. striatus - Haitian Boa (7 sub-species)
E. subflavus - Jamaican Boa

I'll look into the 'boas of west' ones later, but I'm mainly interested in just the rainbows. The ones I bolded are the ones I'm really wanting at this time, but like you said, acquiring them might be a different story.

[joeysgreen]

Chris, if I'm reading this correctly, all rainbow boas are the same species, but there are five main subspecies encompassing 9 localities?

[Spankenstyne]

Ian, that's as far as the most recent info i've found reads. I've seen up to 12 mentioned before but for example the "Central Highland" lumps in Brazilian and Venezuelan localities. Depends how folks want to interpret things I s'pose.

Hyo I think you'll find that some of the others mentioned might be right up your alley as well, they all seem to have that rainbow irridescence. There are a few of these boas in Canada, but very little interest in them and notoriously hard to get feeding. Some just seem to only want to eat lizards.

Here's a pic of a preggo Cuban from back East taken in October (photo by RC member Bistrobob):


Roy Stockwell's Haitians from '06 he no longer keeps them, but there are some in Canada



Jamaican Boa (photo also by RC member Bistrobob):