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Originally Posted by boa_lou
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The 18.5 foot record quoted there refers to a specimen of Trinidad. This report has since been entirely debunked as an error. Apparently the animal measured was an Anaconda (Eunectes murinus ssp.), exactly how the story got turned around to it being a Boa was closely detailed in a scientific review a few of years ago, but the story lives on. As it happens Boa of the Island of Trinidad are not particularly large (7-9'), but they are the only island form of BCC.
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The San Diego Zoo had a large redtail, reportedly over 14 feet, when I saw it some years ago it was not nearly so large. The Zoo in San Antonio, Texas had a Colombian boa, quite obviously also a BCC. It was donated by a friend and compadre of mine when it was over 9' in length and the last time I saw it the animal had grown to at leat 12' long, beautiful and impressive. Any Boa over about 10' should be considered a monster..
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One Peru female I had did grow to almost 13'.. It is likely the BCC from Suriname and Guyana also get that big. Habitat and how old the animal is allowed to get play a part in their length. A guy named Johnson says he has a 13'+ Guayana boa and I believe him.
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Be safe.
