![]() ![]() A typical Boa bite happens so fast that you often don't feel it until you've already been bitten. This means that they strike and release, and often give plenty of warning in the form of loud hissing and mouth-gaping to let you know that they feel threatened. Unless a snake mistakes you for a food item, which can happen with ANY snake during feeding time or if you've been handling rodents(or whatever that snake eats), Boas are defensive biters. There are some strains of hypomelanistic Nicaraguans that look pretty nice, though. Coloration on most Central American Boas is usually more subdued and "muddied" with lots of speckling, much less "clean" than most of the South American snakes, and they generally have more "saddles". Even most of the captive-bred Nics I've seen tend to be a bit more high-strung that their South American counterparts and are a bit more prone to striking, but there are of course going to be exceptions. Wild-caught Nics tend to be rather hissy and prone to biting, moreso than wild-caught Colombians, but this is rather typical of most Central American Boas. The husbandry is the same as for any of the Boas most Nics will be comfortable in a 55-gallon to 75-gallon enclosure as adults, smaller for young snakes. ![]() ![]() Generally speaking, this is a smaller race of Boa than most, with females usually maxing out at around 7 feet and males around 5, sometimes smaller. imperator and differ quite a bit from the true Red-Tails. "Nics", as the Nicaraguans are known, are classified as B.c. First of all, Nicaraguan Boas are NOT "Red-Tail" Boas that distinction belongs to the snakes in the Boa constrictor constrictor group, found only in South America. ![]()
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