I LOOOVE Candoia boas. Literally the entire genus has some of the most interesting little fellas. Something really interesting about some of the species (such as C. paulsoni, aka Solomon island ground boa) they actually change color depending on mood, temperature, humidity, etc.! Not as drastically as like a chameleon where they change hue, but a very dark snake can become very light. For example I have a female who's usual color is almost black, she is incredibly dark, BUT sometimes depending on its environment she'll be drastically lighter. My light brown male will also become much lighter or darker at times. It freaked me out the first time I noticed my male had changed color but I made research and talked to a breeder and nope... sometimes they just do that LOL So yeah, Candoia species are just SO cool. If anyone is interested in getting into them there are nowadays a lot more breeders of especially C. paulsonis. My own pair are captive bred, and their price is usually quite low due to them being so unknown. C. bibroni (Pacific tree boa) are the next "step", as in more difficult to find, but are also so cool and fun to keep. IMPORTANT: Something to note for anyone interested in keeping C. paulsonis (Solomon island ground boa) is that they are more semi-arboreals than terrestrial, their common name is VERY misleading. And by that I mean mine used to constantly climb along the lid of their enclosures until I decided to move them into more semi-arboreal setups. I give all of mine at least one platform on a wall of the enclosure along with branches to climb on and they'll usually hang out on the platforms, head looking down waiting for a prey to walk by ahah. Mine will usually only ever hang out on the ground or in a hide (use a corkbark tube or tube shaped hide, I've never seen any of mine use "caves") after a meal. Otherwise they are basically always on the platforms waiting for a meal to pass by, only climbing down to patrol a bit, it's cute. They also love to soak so definitly provide a waterbowl large enough for them to be able to. Temperature honestly room temp is basically perfect, and then can add a light and the slight increase it provides is enough for them. Humidity there's a lot of conflicting information information online but I highly recommend misting once a day to encourage them to drink, and also I noticed in general that mine seem to do better with a setup more on the humid side than dry. I've also never seen any of mine show digging/burrowing behavior even though I give them enough substrate to do it in case they feel like it. Just... such interesting species snakes I absolutly LOVE them.
Thanks! I’ve recently been super interested in the Madagascar tree boa and I haven’t been able to find a lot of information about them. Cool to see them on your list, definitely subscribing!
I love finding out about a snake I'd never heard of. Didn't think it could happen any more at 61. But the eyelash snake I've never heard of and now looking for.
Cool man ,,,, i have always known about those type of boas ,,,,, that madagascar boa is wonderful in the color scheme with the patterns ,,, great stuff bro '
as a side note, I used to wear a Boa around my neck through most of high school. One thing I always did was wrap its tail around my finger. If I felt a tightening, I would gently loosen it from my neck. That was a point my science teacher made to me, for safety reasons.. You, JZ. have opened a whole new world, so full of wonder and excitement.!! Thank you for the wonderful world of boas, and it brings tears to my eyes.Do so miss my Boa, Dancer. You have such a talent for your straight talk and explanation on life's special beings. Bless you.
@@TitoTitoTitoTito we’ve all been new to one aspect or another and have made mistakes or similar. Learning experiences and such even if it sucks along the way
Correct. I was looking at old research for these and since have made a better rainbow boa video and even there is some controversy that the Paraguayan is it’s own species. But thanks for the info! Most people just think columbian and Brazilian
It’s been a few years but I know Argentines were available from a couple people in the old fauna classifieds. As far as I know there aren’t any trops. There might be some out there but I believe the countries where they would be collected aren’t exporting them so they would technically be poached without any cities classification
I LOOOVE Candoia boas. Literally the entire genus has some of the most interesting little fellas. Something really interesting about some of the species (such as C. paulsoni, aka Solomon island ground boa) they actually change color depending on mood, temperature, humidity, etc.! Not as drastically as like a chameleon where they change hue, but a very dark snake can become very light. For example I have a female who's usual color is almost black, she is incredibly dark, BUT sometimes depending on its environment she'll be drastically lighter. My light brown male will also become much lighter or darker at times.
It freaked me out the first time I noticed my male had changed color but I made research and talked to a breeder and nope... sometimes they just do that LOL
So yeah, Candoia species are just SO cool. If anyone is interested in getting into them there are nowadays a lot more breeders of especially C. paulsonis. My own pair are captive bred, and their price is usually quite low due to them being so unknown. C. bibroni (Pacific tree boa) are the next "step", as in more difficult to find, but are also so cool and fun to keep.
IMPORTANT: Something to note for anyone interested in keeping C. paulsonis (Solomon island ground boa) is that they are more semi-arboreals than terrestrial, their common name is VERY misleading. And by that I mean mine used to constantly climb along the lid of their enclosures until I decided to move them into more semi-arboreal setups. I give all of mine at least one platform on a wall of the enclosure along with branches to climb on and they'll usually hang out on the platforms, head looking down waiting for a prey to walk by ahah. Mine will usually only ever hang out on the ground or in a hide (use a corkbark tube or tube shaped hide, I've never seen any of mine use "caves") after a meal. Otherwise they are basically always on the platforms waiting for a meal to pass by, only climbing down to patrol a bit, it's cute. They also love to soak so definitly provide a waterbowl large enough for them to be able to. Temperature honestly room temp is basically perfect, and then can add a light and the slight increase it provides is enough for them. Humidity there's a lot of conflicting information information online but I highly recommend misting once a day to encourage them to drink, and also I noticed in general that mine seem to do better with a setup more on the humid side than dry. I've also never seen any of mine show digging/burrowing behavior even though I give them enough substrate to do it in case they feel like it.
Just... such interesting species snakes I absolutly LOVE them.
This was a really cool video man
Thanks!
Thanks! I’ve recently been super interested in the Madagascar tree boa and I haven’t been able to find a lot of information about them. Cool to see them on your list, definitely subscribing!
Thanks! Check out S &J Reptiles. He keeps some and I think he’s produced them at least once
Wow I hadn’t heard of any of these snakes! I found the eyelash boas particularly fascinating- now I have another crazy cool animal to research.
I love finding out about a snake I'd never heard of. Didn't think it could happen any more at 61. But the eyelash snake I've never heard of and now looking for.
I’m pretty sure there are a few floating around. Not to many people work with them
Cool man ,,,, i have always known about those type of boas ,,,,, that madagascar boa is wonderful in the color scheme with the patterns ,,, great stuff bro '
Thanks for spotlighting those boas. I didn't know of 3... Thanx
Thank you!
as a side note, I used to wear a Boa around my neck through most of high school. One thing I always did was wrap its tail around my finger. If I felt a tightening, I would gently loosen it from my neck. That was a point my science teacher made to me, for safety reasons.. You, JZ. have opened a whole new world, so full of wonder and excitement.!! Thank you for the wonderful world of boas, and it brings tears to my eyes.Do so miss my Boa, Dancer. You have such a talent for your straight talk and explanation on life's special beings. Bless you.
I’m very glad you enjoy the content and I very much appreciate the kind words. Thank you!
"She goin for the glock!"
101 to go!!!
Very cool snakes
Just found this vid , great stuff.....
U r verry good at this i want to hear more of u
Still a work in progress but thanks!
Ive been looking for Madagascar ground boas. ???
Good luck. They’re really rare and other than NERD, I don’t know anyone currently working with them in the US
Beautiful dumerils 🤙
Thanks!
My worst mistake in herp keeping was buying solomon island ground boas without a supply of small lizards
Yeah, some of the more uncommonly kept reptiles can have issues because we don’t normally have the regular supply of needs they sometimes have
@@JzsReptiles got them from a shit breeder too which was another bad idea lol
@@TitoTitoTitoTito we’ve all been new to one aspect or another and have made mistakes or similar. Learning experiences and such even if it sucks along the way
@@JzsReptiles only snake that's death was completely my fault
There's actually 5 species of Rainbow Boas,the other 2 are Caatinga Rainbow Boa & Paraguayan Rainbow Boa
Correct. I was looking at old research for these and since have made a better rainbow boa video and even there is some controversy that the Paraguayan is it’s own species. But thanks for the info! Most people just think columbian and Brazilian
@@JzsReptiles Broooo,I'm slow asf,just realized it said 1yr ago,thought this said 1 month ago,my bad🤦🏾♂️🤣
Do you know if Argentine rainbow boas or tropodophis are available in the us hobby?
Edit: thanks for the video
It’s been a few years but I know Argentines were available from a couple people in the old fauna classifieds. As far as I know there aren’t any trops. There might be some out there but I believe the countries where they would be collected aren’t exporting them so they would technically be poached without any cities classification
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