Boa c. constrictor - Guyana
What is the difference between Suriname redtails and Guyana redtails? This is a question that we are frequently asked by people. The answer is: There is NO difference.
Suriname was a Dutch colony until 1975. Its former name was "Dutch Guyana". Surinam is situated between Guyana (the former British Guyana) and French Guyana. Due to this tight connection it would be heedless to subsume a Boa c. constrictor as "Surinam redtail" or "Guyana redtail" only from its appearance without knowing the location where it (or the ancestors) came from.
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This redtail boa is from the Essequibo
The photo was made by our friend
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Baby Boa c. constrictor from The gorgeous purple shade of these animals is developing during the second year of life
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In the past the boa enthusiasts believed that the Boa c. constrictor from Suriname are pink colored on the flanks and the Guyana redtails (Guyana and French Guyana) are darker and purple shaded laterally.
We have questioned this distinction for quite a while now because we have seen a lot of wild caught redtails with proven origin from Suriname that had purple flanks. They resembled the animals on the photo below.
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Wildcaught adult male
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Either Suriname and Guyana redtails usually (but not always) show "widows peaks" saddles.
Boa c. constrictor from Guyana
are less commonly kept and bred in captivity than the Surinam redtails.
Recently the reason for this became obvious.
You can learn more about it
here.
Since it is the same snake, the size of Suriname and Guyana redtails is identic. Wild caught Boa c. constrictor from Guyana mostly leave the country via Georgetown.
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Wildcaught adult male Owner and photo: Royston Hunte |
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