How do you tell the difference from a true RTB and a CCB?

[Genevieve]

I 'm sure this has been brought up before, But how does one tell a True RTB from a common boa? I keep hearing that it depends on how many saddles it has. but not how many saddles make a trueredtail. or if thats even accurate.
I was just wondering about it. It was starting to bug me.

[buck2003]

I just know the tail is much brighter lol..sorry

[JuliusSqueezer]

All of that common and true red tail mumbo jumbo is all pet trade talk. "common" usually refers to any of the common BCI locales excluding the insular boas like hog island etc but mostly refering to Colombian, Central American and Mexican. "True redtails" refers to BCC locales. They seem to totally forget the others all together as there are many other subspecies of boa constrictor not included in either. Then again, anyone selling a Longicauda or Amarali or something is going to defenatly point out it's subspecies. There is no scientific ruling on what is "common" or what is "true" though as even the reference to "redtail" is all just pet trade lingo.

	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.

	Hog Island Boa hogg