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(Trimeresurus trigonocephalus) Sri Lankan green pit viper

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suriname boa constrictor

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Boa Constrictor Reclassification

Diem Marie - The Boa Gene Project

Forgot I made this, don’t think I’ve posted it here.

This is all relevant for now, but Boa constrictor imperator is actually Boa imperator now and other reclassification are going to occur over the next decade or so. It’ll probably be a slow transition to the industry accepting the reclassifications.

Boa Constrictor Sub-Species

A listing of the sub-species belonging to the Boa Genus; scientific name and abbreviation is given along with accepted regional and “common” names.

Boa constrictor melanogaster does not appear on this list because it was reclassified as Boa constrictor constrictor.

Boa constrictor constrictor (BCC)–

Surinamese 

Venezuelan     1.Apure     2.Bolivar

Brazilian

Belem

Peruvian     1.Iquitos     2.Pucallpa

Trinidad

Colombian

Boa constrictor imperator (BCI)–

Colombian     1.Barranquilla

Honduran     1.Hog Island     2.Roatan (Firebelly)

Mexican     1.Tarahumara Mountains     2.Sonoran     3.Tamaulipas     4.Cancun

Belize     1.Crawl Cay     2.Caulker Cay

Nicaraguan     1.Corn Island

Costa Rican

Panamanian

Ecuadorian

El Salvadorian

Venezuelan     1.Paraguayan Peninsula Boa

Boa constrictor longicauda (BCL)–

Peruvian     1.Peruvian Long Tail Boa (Tumbes Boa)

Boa constrictor occidentalis (BCO)–

Argentina     1.Argentine Boa

Boa constrictor orophias (BCO)–

Island St. Lucia     1.St. Lucia’s Boa

Boaconstrictor ortonii (BCO)–

Peruvian     1.Macanche Boa

Boa constrictor nebulosa (BCN)–

Island Dominica     1. Clouded Boa

Boa constrictor sabogae (BCS)–

Panamanian     1.Pearl Island Boa

Boa constrictor amarali (BCA) –

Brazilian     1.Sao Paulo

Bolivian     1.Short Tail Boas

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HOASHIYUSUKE

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Pretty little girl.

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Oh… Oh, my goodness. This is THE most adorable picture of Kiba I’ve ever been able to get. My precious baby.

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the walls taste delicious

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Our boy Kronos, he's a hypo Hogg island bci. Hes a stunner.

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Our breeding pair of crested geckos.

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Sunbeam Snake (Xenopeltis unicolor) - photo by Loskutov

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Sweet

Sharp albino super keltic paradox, a World’s First produced by Sébastien Lassignardie

Boa constrictor imperator - BCI

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scully’s first shed had me worried at first but he’ super happy now and also looks great

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Feeding time for miss Athena. A large rat, thawed out just how she likes it.🐍🐍🐍

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Kronos, my hypo Hogg island bci.

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Me: I'm never gonna get a ball python

*gets ball python*

Me: I'm never not gonna have a ball python

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Not a ball python, but I still think this little baby is really important. I know I said I’m a strict ball python blog. I know. I usually am. But I thought this was very important. This little leopard gecko is at a local Petco. And as you can see, not in good shape. I have never wanted to rescue an animal and take it home so bad in my life. As someone who would love to own leopard geckos in the future, it sickens me to see them so disheveled. I had just bought a little “Beware of Python” sign at LLL, and after telling the clerk it was my turn to buy stupid things and not Kabuki, as he and his setup cost around $600, the clerk replied, “We need more reptile parents like you.” “More reptile parents like you.” Yes. We need more people to actually take care of their animals. People don’t see reptile abuse as blatantly as mammal abuse. A bad shed is like mange. A thin gecko tail is like the jutting ribs and spine. A gecko that can’t open its eyes is an animal that needs help. And on sand?! I understand there’s the “Not All Petstores”, but this one is in the stereotype. I told two employees, who got the manager. He said, “He’s not as sick as I’d like. We’ll give him some mealworms to fatten him because they beat up on each other (right, yeah, that’s why they’re not supposed to be cohabited). It’s just a rough shed. Nothing to worry about.” Nothing to worry about. These animals are not meant to be treated this way. I don’t know what makes people dismiss reptiles as soulless or lacking of personality or whatever it is that makes it okay to do this to them. This is abuse. This is as bad as the dogs and cats we see on the ASPCA commercials. What makes this okay? I don’t understand why reptiles’ lives are so dismissible.

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Miss Athena once again. She was looking photogenic today.