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So I've been good for a whole year...

Plissken

Plissken

Crazy Snail Lady
...but three is, indeed, a jolly good fellow. ;)

I haven't bought a snake for a year. But I just couldn't say no to this dear little thing.

She was sold to me as a BRB. She isn't very red, but I believe she is VERY young and I'm going to wait and see what happens after a couple of sheds. She is so sweet, too. She hasn't shown any kind of aggression whatsoever.

She's currently nameless... any ideas guys? Here are a couple of quick snaps I took while moving her to her new home. I hope you like her.

Presenting my new boa: (ps please excuse my horrible untrimmed nails... :bird: )

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How adorable! She's so cute! Congrats!!! She looks like a Cleopatra to me! But thats just my two cents...
 
I don't mean to burst any bubbles but that looks like a columbian rainbow to me... They are heavily patterned as youngsters then lose it all as they get older to leave a uniform brown snake...

Shes got an amazing pattern though! Wheres the irridescence :p
 
Tula_Montage said:
I don't mean to burst any bubbles but that looks like a columbian rainbow to me... They are heavily patterned as youngsters then lose it all as they get older to leave a uniform brown snake...

Shes got an amazing pattern though! Wheres the irridescence :p
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I'm with Elle on this one, in that, I don't think it's a BRB. I've not seen a lot of Colombian juvies, but the color filler in-between the saddles is too dark and there's not enough saddling along the side/underside for me to say BRB.

Elle could be spot on with the Colombian, though, as the color between the saddles is pmuch identical to the solid adult coloration.

He sure is cute though, whatever form of Rainbow boa he might be!
 
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Yeah, CRB had crossed my mind too. What puzzles me though is that the guy I got her from said his mate had bred the BRBs himself so it's not like he got them in from an unknown supplier... and I don't believe the seller was trying to trick me as he was also selling a colombian rainbow, for much less than the BRBs there. If he was trying to pretend colombians were brazilians to make more money, why not just lie about all of them? I think he genuinely believed them to be BRBs...:shrugs:

To be honest right now I'm not too fussed. Like I said, I'm just going to wait and see. I think she's stunning whatever she is.

Thanks for your responses guys. :)
 
That's a columbian. The saddle pattern give it away. Brazilians have mostly unconnected rings. Columbians ring patterns is connected down the side like the one you have.

Expect patern to fade a little, check out my old columbian at 1 year.
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Thanks Elle. And gosh, if she's not a BRB, I'll just have to go out and buy another and have TWO rainbows... lol... the horror :laugh:
 
Noooo your going to buy a bismark and be cool like me LOL

Perhaps it's a BRB X CRB... Iv seen a few of them and they seem to take on the solid BRB pattern, but the CRB colour and lack of irridescence.
 
Ansterr, her pattern isn't as connected as it appears in these pictures... I think it's the lighting. :shrugs: Thanks for your input, and the lovely picture... I think time is gonna be the main factor in helping me make my mind up on her...

Tula_Montage said:
Perhaps it's a BRB X CRB... Iv seen a few of them and they seem to take on the solid BRB pattern, but the CRB colour and lack of irridescence.
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Do you have any pics of BRBxCRBs?

To my eyes her pattern is BRB-like, just she's not reddy/bright enough for BRB. I've been looking at pictures of baby BRBs and baby CRBs and to be honest I can't quite place her in either catergory...
 
I think she may be a cross to be honest. Thats maybe why she was sold as a BRB, so technically the dude wasn't lying.

Unfortunatley I don't have pictures of crosses :(
 
I hadn't even considered a cross before. You may be right, Elle. How do these guys look as adults?

I don't know why I can never buy a snake with clear genetics... it took me a whole year to come even close to figuring out what Connor is LOL :laugh:
 
LOL lets hope chester is all python :p

Adults are heavily patterned like BRB's but have a dull brown colour and not very intense irridescence like CRB's. Still rather pretty though.
 
Well, compare you're rainbow snake
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With this rainbow snake
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Do you see what I'm say about the rings?

Anyway, I think columbian rainbows are fantastic, for someone who want's a smaller boa they are better than brazilians. As for a BRBxCRB cross, a fellow at in my local reptile society accidentally breed his and got 5 crosses from a columbian mother. He said oddly enough they looked just like brazilians, so who knows? would all crosses even look the same? :shrugs:
 
LMAO, Chester is the only snake in my small collection I am certain of :roflmao:

I'm so excited about her it hardly seems to matter precisely what subspecies she is, to be honest... she's a rainbow boa, and I think she's gorgeous, and I'm in love with her all ready, so I'm a happy bunny. I've been through this before - I intended to buy a pure cornsnake, ended up with my hybrid Connor, and that snake is just so darn special to me I wouldn't trade him for the purest corn in the world. I'm going to treat this as a learning experience and enjoy her for what she is, whatever that may be.

Thank you all for your help and comments so far. :cheers: Btw... this little girl is still nameless... ;)
 
How about Iris? It's Greek for Rainbow.
Just a hint for trying to take pictures with lots of rainbow. A bright camera flash can really do wonders.
 
I considered Iris, I love that name. That's definetly on the 'Maybe' list.

Thanks for the tip btw - I turned the flash off for those pics as she was already a bit stressed from the move and I didn't want to frighten her. That may be why she isn't showing much iridescence. I'll try the flash next time I have her out. :cheers:

It's gonna be so hard not to touch this beautiful thing for the next few days. :(
 
I have a female CRB named Iris myself.

But that doesn't look like a CRB or a cross to me... it reminds me very strongly of the photos of hatchling Argentinian rainbows I've seen. Granted, I did get my CRB when she was a six-month-old instead of a new baby.

And there ARE a few hybrid CRB/BRBs floating around in the UK at the moment - which apparently keep the pattern like a Brazilian but wind up brownish rather than orange, like a Colombian.
 
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