For our Friday post we have a handsome young Bolivian Boa (Boa constrictor amarali). We produced this little guy a few years ago. He was held back because of his light colour and beautiful big peaks.
Another year and he should be old enough to sire his own litter. 🐍
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An adult female Bolivian Boa (Boa constrictor amarali) smiling for the camera. 😉🐍
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Our Bolivian Boas (Boa constrictor amarali) are still actively breeding this time of year. Our animals usually breed late in the season, typically wrapping up (pun intended) around the end of April. 🐍😋
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Throwback Thursday a Bolivian Boa (Boa constrictor amarali) we produced back in 2018. Here’s hoping we’ll have another litter this year from the same pairing. 🐍
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As an illustration I’ve posted an update on the 2015 Silver-back Bolivian Boas. Included are new pictures showing their development thus far. The contrast of the silver background and thin dark saddles is very nice, though hard to capture in photo’s.
Considering these Bolivian Short-tailed boas are getting lighter with every shed, I would expect these Bolivians will continue to demonstrate lighter background in each subsequent shed. Probably a few she cycles in and we’ll get a good idea of how each animal will look.
Silver-back Bolivian Boas are here! Our pair of Silver-back Bolivian Boas produced a litter back in September 2015. This was the first time producing Bolivians here, and it was really exciting to so this project come to fruition.
Since the early 90’s when Bolivian Boas were all the rage I’ve been wanting to work with these annals. Back then, Bolivians were not very common in Canada, and at the time I had other projects that occupied most of my time.
This pair had been breeding since early December (2014) and the female had me baffled. At first I thought she had ovulated and everything was coming along well. She ovulated, turned dark on me and shed a few weeks later. However, after she shed she regained her lighter background color and was feeding as normal.
In the past most of my gravid Boas (Boa imperator) have continued to feed while gravid, but they will thermoregulate and change in demeanor. However, this female in particular acted as she would throughout the year, and didn’t show the lateral body swelling/thinning of the dorsum as one would expect.
In the end, the birthing took place day 114 after post-shed where she produced 9 viable and 19 infertile. I believe it was the large number of infertile ovum that led to me questioning her gravid state.
