Gallery Boa constrictor imperator Mexico

Distribution areaMexico

Estimated average length of mature Boa c. imperator femalesup to 2m (6,5 ft)

Taxonomic status Subspecies recognized by the CITES convention


Mexico
Tarahumara
Belize
Crawl Cay
Ambergris Caye
Columbia
Ecuador
El Salvador
Costa Rica
Honduras
Nicaragua

 

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First off, it has to be made clear that the classification as subspecies "Boa c. mexicana" for Mexican Boa constrictor imperator did not carry through in the taxonomy.  Therefore we have to call it  Boa c. imperator, distribution area Mexico.

If one reads the classified section of a German society of herpetoculturist journal, one gets tempted to believe that true Boa c. imperator from Mexico are available like water in the ocean. However, if one attemps to buy a true "Boa c. mexicana", whose ancestors (all, not just one) really came from Mexico, it gets difficult.

When we decided to maintain this subspecies, we contacted a lot of people who claimed to breed "mexicanas". The result was shattering. At best these breeders offered imperators, of which just any ancestor (one at the most) really came from Mexico.

Everything else that has been offered to us has to with "mexicana" as much as a farmer´s cat with a Main Coon. 

But finally our efforts were rewarded (though we had to buy in three countries), and we obtained  true Boa c. imperator from different regions in Mexico.