Largest Boa Constrictor?

[koshde]

This topic is probably kind of stupid but I was bored at work.

I tried finding it in the Guiness Book of World Records online but all I could come up with was the longest snake, the heaviest living snake, and the oldest snake. Any ideas on how large the largest Boa Constrictor might be? What is a really, really big Boa? (Anacondas don't count right?)


Heaviest Living Snake:
The heaviest living snake is a Burmese Python weighing 182.76 kg (403 lb.) It is 21 years old, 8.23-m (27 ft) long, and has a girth of 71.12 cm (28 in) Known as "Baby", she lives at the Serpent Safari Park in Gurnee, Illinois, USA.

Longest Snake:
The reticulated python (Python reticulates) of southeast Asia, Indonesia, and the Philippines regularly exceeds 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in). The record length is 10 m (32 ft 9.5 in), for a specimen shot in Celebes, Indonesia, in 1912.

Oldest Snake:
The greatest age reliably recorded for a snake is 40 years, 3 months, and 14 days for a male common boa (Boa constrictor) named Popeye, who died at Philadelphia Zoo, Pennsylvania, USA, on April 15, 1977.

BTW, if anyone can find a snake longer than 33 feet the New York Zoo(I think) will pay you 50,000 dollars.

[boa_lou]

Found this

http://www.oaklandzoo.org/atoz/azboa.html

[koshde]

Bingo! Thanks, 18.5 feet. Wonder how much that weighed? Probably similar to a 18.5 Burm I bet.

[brownsfan222]

doesnt even sound possible wow 18.5 feet long, what was it BCI or BCC anyone know??

	Boa Constrictor Constrictor Red Tail Boa Constrictor (Boa constictor constrictor). Refers to "true" red tail boas such as the Guyana and Suriname locales.

	Boa Constrictor Imperator Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor imperator). Most common is the Colombian Boa.

[boa_lou]

They didn't give much info on the snake on that website, just the length.

[brownsfan222]

Originally Posted by boa_lou

They didn't give much info on the snake on that website, just the length.

yea i know that kinda stinks i was wondering if anyone knew about it cuz i didnt see it there

[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

I think the largest "rtb" was 18' but it was later reidentified as a green anaconda. Thats what I see in my book and on most sites

[Fitch]

thatd be pretty insane though if there was an 18 foot rtb

[Yorick]

yeh i bet it was a bcc tho

	Boa Constrictor Constrictor Red Tail Boa Constrictor (Boa constictor constrictor). Refers to "true" red tail boas such as the Guyana and Suriname locales.

[Fitch]

how big do bcc's get?...generally speaking i guess

	Boa Constrictor Constrictor Red Tail Boa Constrictor (Boa constictor constrictor). Refers to "true" red tail boas such as the Guyana and Suriname locales.

[koshde]

Originally Posted by Fitch

how big do bcc's get?...generally speaking i guess

3-4 meters according to RioBravoReptiles(peruvians), so 10-13 feet about(female I'm guessing)

	Boa Constrictor Constrictor Red Tail Boa Constrictor (Boa constictor constrictor). Refers to "true" red tail boas such as the Guyana and Suriname locales.

[RioBravoReptiles]

Originally Posted by boa_lou

Found this
http://www.oaklandzoo.org/atoz/azboa.html

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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.

	Boa Constrictor Constrictor Red Tail Boa Constrictor (Boa constictor constrictor). Refers to "true" red tail boas such as the Guyana and Suriname locales.