2-for-1 paint jobs

[CDN_Blood]

Both Tagz and Skyler shed today, so here they are sporting their fresh paint :)

Tagz:
http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb347/CDN_Blood/Rainbows/Tagz/file-3.jpg


Skyler:
http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb347/CDN_Blood/Rainbows/Skyler/file-6.jpg

[exwizard]

Very nice! :)

[Gungirl]

Good looking...

[marvelfreak]

Nothing like a sweet new paint jobs.

[Norm66]

Very nice.

[CK SandBoas]

beautiful!:)

[It'sKourtneyYo]

Both Tagz and Skyler shed today, so here they are sporting their fresh paint :)

Tagz:
http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb347/CDN_Blood/Rainbows/Tagz/file-3.jpg


Skyler:
http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb347/CDN_Blood/Rainbows/Skyler/file-6.jpg


very pretty snakes you have :D

Is Tagz a Colombian Rainbow boa?

and what is Skyler?

[CDN_Blood]

Well thanks, everyone :)

Tagz is indeed a young Columbian and changes quite a bit with each shed. It no longer sports any of the colours that it did when it was a wee guppy and gets closer to adult colouration every moult.

Skyler is undefined, although I suspect that she's a Guyanan, which is actually a cross between Columbian and another subspecies and is not even a defined subspecies, let alone a misnomer.

The jury is still out - she could be a Paraguayan Rainbow, but it's not clear. The key to defining her subspecies will be her mottled sides (not a single defined pattern, all speckling) and that racing stripe that runs the length of her body. Some of those traits are similar to E.c.assisi, but she's certainly not a full assisi - I've seen them and she's not one of them.

[It'sKourtneyYo]

wow thats really cool. They look like they'd be easy to fall for. i'm actually falling inlove with my amazon tree boa Vlad
http://i42.tinypic.com/v2qzoz.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/1zn94wl.jpg

my dad doesn't like him at all and wants me to give him away but I don't think I can do it. I'm getting too attached and he is so so so cute!!!

[CDN_Blood]

http://i42.tinypic.com/v2qzoz.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/1zn94wl.jpg

Way to side-track my thread. Thanks.

[It'sKourtneyYo]

eeek! i'm sorry! I didn't even realize it was you who already seen Vlad!! forgive meh?

[alessia55]

They look great! I really like Skyler; love that dark coloring on her... gorgeous. Wish you'd captured her head in the photo ;)

[CDN_Blood]

They look great! I really like Skyler; love that dark coloring on her... gorgeous. Wish you'd captured her head in the photo ;)

Here's one w/her head. I didn't post it because I had a light on her at the time and the colour came out a little funky :)

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb347/CDN_Blood/Rainbows/Skyler/file-7.jpg

[alessia55]

She's gorgeous. Really love how dark she is. Thanks for uploading another pic ;)

[Snakesitter]

Lookers as always, Todd!

[lady_bug87]

Skyler is my fav of your rainbows.. and Bubba is my favourite of your bloods

[millertime89]

I love Skyler's stripe and pattern on her sides.

[CDN_Blood]

I love Skyler's stripe and pattern on her sides.

That's what makes her a little different. Now if only we knew exactly what that *does* make her, LOL :)

[jdavy]

That's what makes her a little different. Now if only we knew exactly what that *does* make her, LOL :)

Todd, I know that we've spent some time researching her appearance in an effort to figure out what species or locale she may be, but I have another idea. What if she's from some better know line (one that the majority of her markers would line up with), but is an example of an as of yet unexplored morph. A marble sided rainbow boa or something.

I know that doesn't make you or I get excited and see dollar signs or anything, but it's a possible explanation for her variance.

Had we been ball python guys, we'd have been hoping for this a long time ago, wouldn't we? LOL!

[millertime89]

only one way to find out! Get a normal male and breed it out.

[CDN_Blood]

Todd, I know that we've spent some time researching her appearance in an effort to figure out what species or locale she may be, but I have another idea. What if she's from some better know line (one that the majority of her markers would line up with), but is an example of an as of yet unexplored morph. A marble sided rainbow boa or something.

I know that doesn't make you or I get excited and see dollar signs or anything, but it's a possible explanation for her variance.

Had we been ball python guys, we'd have been hoping for this a long time ago, wouldn't we? LOL!

HAha! It's quite possible that she's something that's already been identified. It's also quite possible that she's not. It's likely that she's the result of overlapping territories, or even some unethical breeder.

I still have a sneaking suspicion that she's a Guyana Rainbow, which is thought to be a naturally occurring intergrade between Columbian and Brazilian.

Either way, like you said, dollar signs are NOT on my agenda, although out of all my snakes, they're the two I would like to breed once. I think people would be more inclined to keep them long-term than they would be if I bred my Carpets or Bloods - those poor things get passed around like trading cards in my area.

When all is said and done, you're the one with the *really* interesting Rainbow Boas (which I'd put money on being E.c.assisi) and since those are so rare in private collections, you should post a pic of them here for everyone to Oooh & Aaah over. You won't see those everyday :D

[millertime89]

so, influenced by some of the more recent threads about various epicrates localities, it would seem your hunch about Skyler being a cross would be correct. If you check out Tom Crutchfield's site he's got a bunch of rainbow boas and there seems to be some influence of a couple on Skyler.

[CDN_Blood]

How 'bout a link? All I see is some 3 year old site that doesn't really go anywhere, lol <scratches head>

[millertime89]

I was trying to grab a picture to accompany my post when his site crashed on me, worthless site.