These rare Dwarf boas are quite hard to come by these days. This bloodline originated from Stock I had gotten from my buddy Gus Rentfro. This locality was almost completely lost to Boa culture if it was not for the efforts of myself & Gus. We both obtained a few pairs back from a previous customer in 2006 & were lucky enough to get a nice litter in 2011. Luckily this rare & beautiful race of Mexico boa is again in the hands of responsible keepers & hopefully will be around for many years to come for others to keep & enjoy. Cancun Boas are unique in that they are very colorful for a Mexican Boa. Some appear to be almost hypo - but they are simply a light variant. They also are very small as adults & can be bred at less than 4 feet in length. I will only have a few pairs available by June 2011. The photos below were taken by my buddy Gus Rentfro.

Image of Cancun Boa Adult pair

Image of Cancun Boa Adult

Image of Cancun Boa Hatchling 2011

Panama has shipped Boas to the U.S. only a handfull of times in the past 6 years. In 2005 I was fortunate enough to get a few boas from a shipment sent to Florida. This shipment had both Hypomelanistic Panamanians & normal appearing Panamanian Boa c. imperator. There was no indication as to the locality data of these Boas but the normal boas are quite similar to the Costa Rican Boas. The Hypos from this bloodline are outstanding localty boas with alot of orange & red while the normals have some beautifull colors too. There also were quite a few striped specimens in that 2005 shipment which makes me tend to beleive that it may be a genetic trait in that area. These boas differ greatly from the Pearl Island boas in that the scale counts are different & the overall look - body shape / head shape & colors are way different from their Island cousins. They also are very small & stay that way as my 5 year old breeders are around 4 feet in length. They have good sized litters of small babies & are breed easily in my care. A great Boa if you want something small & compact. Lastly - the Hypo gene in Panama Boas works in the same manner as all of the other Hypo Boa constrictors in that it is Co dominant.

Update June 2011: I had a beautiful litter of Hypos & Normals. These are outrageous dwarf boas and sell out fast.

Image of Hypo Panama Boa

Image of Hypo & Normal Panama Boas

Image of Hypo Panama newborn

Image of Hypo Panama Boa birth

True Costa Rican Boas with provenance to Costa Rica are quite rare in collections & I was fortunate enough to obtain two nice groups from two seperater shipments in 2005. One group are captive born & bred Costa Rican boas from the northwest corner of the Country near Liberia and come from Zoo stock. The Other is a group purchased again from Zoo stock that was originally collected in San Isidro El General in the South West of Costa Rica. These exhibit some beautiful orange & gray/ brown undertones. Some even look hypomelanistic with alot of red in the tails. They are a small race of boa & breed at under 5 feet. A unique locality of Boa that deserve more attention. A few litters are born here each year & they keep getting better & better each time.

Update July  2011 - I expect to produce San Isidro Costa Ricans again in mid July.

Image of Costa Rican Boa from San Isidro El General

Image of Costa Rican Boa From Liberia

Image of Map of Costa Rica with locality Data

Head Shot of San Isidro Costa Rican Boa

San Isidro Boa 09

Red San Isidro Boa 09

One very small Sonoran Desert Boa is the Tarahumara Mountain Boa. The  Sierra Tarahumara lies in the northern states of Chihuahua and Sonora Mexico. These areas of high peaks, forested plateaus and deeply eroded riparian canyons are sometimes referred to as Sky Islands in the desert. It is here at altitudes of 4000 feet or more where these dwarf boas (Boa c. imperator) originated. In the early 1990’s a researcher from the University of Arizona (UA) brought back a small group of these boas. In 1999 the pair was bred and 10 babies were produced. Gus Rentfro of Rio Bravo Reptiles purchased a pair of them and bred them in 2002. He produced a healthy litter of 9 babies from the 3 and a half year old boas that were less than 38 inches. This Captive breeding is proof that these dwarf boas may very well be the smallest of the Boa c. imperator group. These beautifully marked Boas have a light, beige to white background color as juveniles with very distinct black body blotches and an exaggerated black Head spear. Youngsters may also show hints of pink in between the saddles and down their sides. As they mature their rust colored tails turn to an almost jet black and the overall background color darkens. They have a high dorsal saddle count from snout to vent of 26 – 29. The dark color is most likely an evolutionary response to create an easier way of absorbing more heat in its high elevation habitat. Their small size and ability to be exposed to cooler temperatures make them an ideal Pet Boa.

I personally have bred a female that was barely 40 inches in length and just under 1400 grams in weight - these Boas are absolutelty the smallest of the small.

Update 2011 : I expect a nice litter or two of Tarahumars in August.

Tarahumara Boa

Tarahumaras & Mom

Tarahumara Boa

Tarahumara Boas from 08 litter

Image of Tarahumara boa born here in 2010 Photo By Udo

Blond / Hypo Sonora Boas : This is a very under rated locality boa from Mexico. The first Hypo Sonora Boas came into the country via automobile & were confiscated at the Mexico / U.S. border. At that time a women named Marcia Lincoln obtained the boas via her connections with the Sonora Desert Museum and the rest is history. I was lucky to obtain a few pairs of this rare boa & have successfully reproduced them in captivity. It is not known as to where the exact locality these boas came from - but is assumed that they were caught in the Sonora desert & therefore that is why I call them " Hypo Sonora Boas". These Boas are lacking the Black pigment. This trait is also Incomplete dominant ( like all the other Hypo Boa traits ). They look similar to a Hog Island Boa but have a very unique color, far more saddles & longer heads. In 2004 I produced a few Super or Dominant Hypo Sonorans. Some look like the T+ Albino Boas. I beleive that there is something going on with this bloodline because the eyes appear lavender and the tongues are Pink -- Also the dark colors on the tails are a Lavender too. Because of it's great color & small mature size ( 5 feet ) I see great promise for this locality boa in the future. These boas also take a year or two to metamorphose into the electric orange & pink colors that they get with age ( especially the Supers - they are dripping with color - I have a camaparison between a hatchling & how it looks at 2 years pictured below ). I also beleive that this Hypo trait will be quite valuable in time because it will not affect the pattern of other boas ( like the salmon Hypos do ) & will keep crisp clean patterns when combined with say the Leopard trait. The future looks bright for this beautifull Boa.

Update July 2011: I expect a few litters of Hypo to Hypo & Hypo to Super Hypo.

Hypo Sonoran Birth 04

The first Leopard Boas popped up in a litter of what was thought to be normal appearing Sonoran Desert Boas. These boas were in the collection of Hans Winner of Germany. Hans proved that this Pattern anomaly Boa was an inheritable recessive trait by line breeding the leopard Boas back to siblings and parents. The leopard pattern is similar to that of a labyrinth Burmese python in that is has some stripes and dashes along its dorsal area. The dorsal blotches are broken up into stripes that fade down the marbled patterned sides. The tail is also aberrant with its blotches that are broken up by dashes and dots. The tail starts out red to rust but eventually turns darker with age as does the overall background color. They have a unique feature in that some possess a gold head and some have a red chin & Red bellies. They also have beautifully marked faces that resemble the whiskers of a leopard & some Leopards are completely striped while others are Spotted. Even the normal gene carriers or Het for Leopard boa have a unique appearence ( see pic below ). The Leopard Boa is also a very small boa and Hans reports mature breeding females to be just around 5 feet in length. I personally have two females that are barely 4 feet and have succesfully bred at 3.5 years of age.

Image of Leopard Boa

Image of Leopard Boa

Image of Het for Leopard Boa

Image Hypo Sonora Het Leopard Boa & Het Leopards 08

The First Blood Boas originated from a RED Boa that was found in El Salvador and owned by Ron St. Pierre. The Boa was line bred and was proven to be a genetic recessive trait. These boas like most Central American boas are true Dwarves. The Blood Boas max out at around 5 feet and have been bred at around 4 feet in length. They are very unique in head structure also. The Head is blunt and the eyes are dark. As youngsters they are literally Blood Red -- As Adults they tend to get darker burnt orange but still exhibit that blood red back ground color. This Trait is beautiful with out adding any of the genes on the market today. However, the sky is the limit with this trait & it most likely will boost the price of the stock of any other trait it is added to.

Update 2007: I produced some double hets from a blood to a Type 2 anery nic. The blood turned out to het Type 2 and there were a few Aneries in the litter.

Update 2008: Great litter of Orangetail Hypo bloods - bloods - ghosts & aneries.

Update Sept 2010: I produced the first ever Blood Red Albino using a Kahl line Albino from double hets produced here in 07.

Update July 2011 : Bloods & Hypo Bloods were born in early July.

Image of Young Blood Boa from 08

Image of mature Blood Red Boa

Image of Double het Blood & Anerythristic Type 2 Nicaraguan Litter 07

Pic of Blood Boa breeding Albino 07

Pic of double Het Blood Albinos 07

Pic of Bloody Orangetails, Bloods, Aneries etc. 08

Pic of Bloody Orangetail Hypo taken by Bill Love

Pic of Blood Albino " Red Dragon"

Pic of Orangetail Hypo Blood Boa

Pic of Orangetail Hypo Blood Boa Adult

Pic of Blood Boa

Crawl Cay is an Island off the East Coast of Belize. It lies just North East of Belize City in the Caribbean and is part of the Turneff Island Archipeligo. The boas from this island are very unique and rare. A very small number of them were collected by the Late Bob Sears back in the Eighties. Luckily a man named Tim Meade bred a few of these rare boas and produced the first Captive Born Crawl Cays back in the early nineties. There is some confusion & differences in in some Crawl Cay Boa populations because there are two or three other Islands in the Caribbean that are named " Crawl Cay ". Secondly some unscrupulous dealers simply tagged boas with the name "Crawl Cay" to gain profit for their Mainland Belize Boas. But I am fortunate enough to own a few of the Bob Sears / Tim Meade true Crawl Cays. My Boas are the real deal with provenance and paper trail back to the original wild caught Crawl Cay Boas. Crawl Cay Boas are true dwarves that max out at about 5 feet. They breed at around 4 feet and can be sustained on a diet of a just a dozen or so meals per year. On their native Crawl Cay they eat Birds as their main diet and youngsters eat geckos. Some Captive born Crawls may have difficulty getting started on mice - but most readily accept rodents as their first meal. They have a very gray background color with alot of black speckling. The head markings are very speckled too and the tails have just a few small saddles. In my opinion these boas should be classified as a valid subspecies of Boa constrictor - but not enough animals are available to do such work & collecting on Crawl Cay is not possible as The Turneffe Archipeligo is a National Reserve & collecting is prohibited. So therefore, the fate of the Crawl Cay Boas population in Captivity is in the hands of responsible Locality Breeders.

Update 08: I was fortunate enough to obtain a new blood line male born from a wild caught female that was captured on Crawl Cay by a Grad Student in 2001. This male represents an entirely new bloodline for this rare race of boas.

Update June 2009: Luckily my new Bloodline  male bred a Sears line female & I had a beautiful litter of Crawl Cays in Mid September.  

Update 2011: I expect a nice litter of Crawl Cays from my Rentfro bloodline bred to an original Tim Mead bloodline male.

Image of yearling Crawl Cay

Image of 2 year Crawl Cay

Image of Crawl Cay Adult male

Image of Tim Mead C.B. Crawl Cay

Image Crawl Cay litter 09

Image of Sears line Crawl Cay

Aerial View Of Crawl Cay

Yearling Crawl Cay From my 09 litter

These rare  Dwarf Boas are from Cay Caulker, 2 tiny Islands19 miles off the North / East Coast of Belize. I purchased these Boas from Gus Rentfro and his adults came from animals that were captured ( With Permission ) directly on Cay Caulker. This documented information makes these Boas a rare locality. These Boas are a true dwarf form of boa and females are known to have reproduced at as little as 45 inches in length. They are similar to Crawl Cay Boas but exhibit less orange. They are almost anerythristic. These Boas also have one of the smallest geographical ranges of any Boa. The Cay Caulker Islands are less than 5 miles North to South & 1 mile across. As of today The Cay Caulker Islands are 2 Islands. But On October 31, 1961 the once single Island was divided into its two North & South sections by a narrow channel courtesy of Hurricane Hattie. The Cay Caulker Forest Reserve, on the northernmost 100 acres of the island, was declared in May of 1998 and a Reserve Headquarters building was built during July and August of 2001. This section of the Island is virtually untouched and is the natural Habitat of the Caulkers Cay Boa. Since the Island has been declared a Reserve there will be no Collecting from this Island and the only way to obtain Caulkers Cay Boas is by Captive Breeding. I am fortunate enough to have a nice group of these Beautiful true Dwarfs.

Update 2011: Looks like another great year for Caulkers Cay Boas --  these boas are very seasonal breeders and mine birth in mid August. Only a few litters will be born this year through out the industry - so get them now while you can.

Cay Caulker Pic

Gravid Caulkers Cay Pic

Map of Cay Caulker 1965

Baby Caulkers Cay Pic

Cayos de Los Cochinos or Hog Island Boas are very unique. Mine are direct decendants from Hog Island boas collected in the mid Eigties by the late Bob Sears. My Bloodlines are as pure as you can get. These Boas are very pale in color and some are almost white. They tend to have a light pink or orange background color and average 25 faded dorsal saddles. Their tail blotches are just a shade darker than the rest of the body. Some Boas are heavily speckled along the whole body & tail. However, many years of selective breeding for less speckling has created some virtually clear boas with no speckling at all. One other feature of the Hog Island Boa is its ability to change color. They tend to get much lighter in color after dark. They also are a small race of boa and mature and breed at around 5 feet or so. Hog Island Boas are one the most beautiful Island Morph boas that are readily available and make wonderful Pets with excellent dispositions.

Update Sept 2011:  This year should be another great Hog year. I expect a few bloodlines to be available  - Speckled - High Orange & Speckless.

Image of Adult Pair of Hog Island Boas

These Boas are a dwarf Island form from the Corn Islands off the coast of Nicaragua. This Island is locally know as " The Isle de Maize ". This is probably one of the rarest Boas in Captivity today. In 1995 only 2 Captive Born Litters were imported commercially to the U.S. from Corn Island, Nicaragua. Permits were granted that one time for 21 baby Boas. But since that time the Island has become a Nature Preserve and Permits will most likely not be granted again. My friend Gus Rentfro of Rio Bravo Reptiles acquired 3.3 of the 21 imported Babies. I have a nice group of Adults here that originated from the original 21 imports & Captive Born youngsters from Gus's efforts.

Update 2009: In the Fall of 2009 I received another small group of Corn Island Boas from a Zoo in Costa Rica. These boas are identical in looks to the original ones from 1995 and have outstanding colors. This new group represents a completely different Bloodline. Plans are underway to mix this bloodline with the original line.

Update 2011: I expect beautifull litter of F2 Corn Islands to birth this summer.

Image Corn Isle Boa Male  

Image of Red Corn Isle

Image of Red Corn Isle

Image Corns 2004

Image Corns Breeding 2004

Image Corn Islands Born July 2006

Image Corn Island Boa Adult

These Boas are Nicaraguan Farm bred boas. I received a few of them from Ben Seigel Reptiles back in 2001. They are beautiful pure blooded Nicaraguan Hypo Boas that they stay small and have unbeleivable Colors. They take a few years to get their mature colors - but when they do they can rival even the best Salmon or Orange tail Hypo Boas. I beleive that these dwarf boas will become the next big craze in the Reptile Industry. Females breed at around 1500 grams & males at 500 grams. However, they grow quite slowly & it could take 3-4 years to acheive this size.

2003: One of my 48 inch Adult Hypo Nicaraguan bred this season and gave birth to a small litter of Boas. Amazingly enough this Hypo Trait works the same as the Salmon Hypos in that it is Incomplete Dominant.  Out of this litter I got  Super Hypos - Hypos & normals. Check the Pics below - These Hypos are Awsome.

Update Sept 2011: I expect a few really nice litters of Super Hypos - Hypos - Ghost - Super Ghosts & Aneries in July & August.

Image Hypo Dark phase
Image of 2 Hypos
Image of Hypo light phase 

Image of Hypo Yearling

Image of Adult Hypo

Pics of 03 Super Hypo at 6 months

Pics of Hypo at 2 years

Pics Hypo Nic Birth 7/05

Pics of Anery Nic from 06

Pics of Ghost Nic from 06

Image of Both Types of Anery Nic Side by Side 

Image of SUPER Hypo

Image of Hypo Nic

Anerythristic Boas are lacking all red pigment. The result is a grey, black, white & Silver Boa. My strain of Aneryrithristic Type 2 Nicaraguan boas have no brown on them and mature into beautiful Gray - Silver & Black Tailed snakes. This group of Anerys were purchased from Ben Seigel in 2001 - they are pure Nicaraguan boas that were born on a farm in Nicaragua. This particular trait is not compatible with the Type 1 Anerythristics that I produce with my Hypo Nics. I have proven this by breeding a Type 2 Black tail to a Hypo nic that is het for type 1 Anery. The result was no Anerythristics at all.  This Black Tail Anery type 2 color phase is probably one of the most desirable & Rare of the pure Nics.

Update August 2011: Looks good for a nice litter of Type 2 Aneries in late June