Pretty hardy with temps too, since they’re from high altitudes in northern Mexico. They are mature adults that have produced multiple litters. Unlike some boa who simply get darker over time these boa also see an increase in the intensity of the other colors hiding under that black pigment. Photo Album Gallery Place Holder - Please wait while the Photo Album loads. Winter is the dry season there. My female is a hair under four feet and the male a bit under three feet. To the west is a very different drier, lower elevation habitat where boa also exist although those boa aren’t generally as colorful and grow to much larger size.These boa are to boa aficionados the newest locality specific boa from Mexico to make it into the hands of herpetoculturists. The rounded tail saddles are a seeming trademark of these boa. These boas are from the mountains of southwest Tamaulipas, Mexico at an altitude of +-1000 meters. The color is really starting to come in on these boa as they mature and knowing so little about what to expect them to look like as adults makes raising them very exciting. I have seen photos of boa that live in the lower elevation habitat whom were very large, rivaling even true red tail boa for size. Tamaulipas Boa, headstudy . I’m sure some selective breeding will be done to bring this color out more but that will be difficult. This region consists of cloud forest and tropical deciduous forest.
I have a Tamaulipas Cloud Forest boa (BCI)! It has become harder to acquire any locality boa so close in generation to the founder stock from the wild. However my boa would be quite crowded in such a small tub. With an estimated maximum size of 150cm (5 ft.) the can be considered as dwarfish boas. Even as sexually mature adults they continue to change. While there are much larger boa in Western Tamaulipas, Mexico these boa from the cloud forest habitat are generally quite small in comparison yet very thick and girthy. For that length these are very thick and girthy boa more similar in stature to a short tail python than other dwarf or mid dwarf boa.While these are very dark and contrasting boas, there are some very appealing colors under their dark black pattern that shows on the boa where no black pigment is present. Of all Mexican Boa c. imperator the Tamaulipas boas are the most colorful ones. Vin Russo produces them; that’s where mine came from.
Below are a couple of links to wikipedia articles about the habitat these boa thrive in. Photo Album Gallery Place Holder - Please wait while the Photo Album loads. The contrast between the dark black pattern and pastel orange/peach color underneath is striking. If the album does not show, please refresh the page to try again. The Sierra de Tamaulipas occupy the Eastern portion of the state of Tamaulipas in Mexico. They’re more new to the hobby so they can be a bit harder to fin, but they max out at like 4-5 feet, if even that. They have their own special look and personalities compared to the other boa from Mexico that exist currently in captivity. I beleive that this new race of boa will rival any other Mexican race ( or even Central American race ) in color & beauty. If the album does not show, please refresh the page to try again. a researcher from the University of Arizona (UA) brought back a small group of these boas. My adult breeders are F1 generation boa. If the album does not show, please refresh the page to try again.
A link to that page is provided on my contact page.
If the album does not show, please refresh the page to try again. This is true of many boa but particularly true with this particular boa. More recent and better photos can be found on my Facebook page. The males are smaller than the females.