So I just traded one of my ball pythons for this cute little boa — now I don’t know a whole lot about boa morphs yet but she doesn’t appear to be a normal based on her patterning.
Unfortunately the lady who I traded with got her as a Christmas gift from her brother so she doesn’t know anything about the breeder or the parents to this baby. She didn’t feel comfortable with having a snake that could potentially grow pretty large so that’s why she made the trade.
Would anyone be able to help with an ID? Please and thank you!
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Okay! Wasn’t sure honestly, she’s got a lot of pattern compared to my other two and wasn’t sure if it was just normal variation or a pattern changing morph I wasn’t aware of.
I don’t like being one of those “my normal looks like a morph” kinda person but I still have quite a bit to learn about boas and figured it would be best to check 
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People get confused about normal imperator because there are many localities and most specimens that do not come with locality data are actually a cross between two or more localities. This makes them very variable.
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I did figure that her pattern could be a result of some locality/localities being mixed in, but of course I don’t know anything about localities either. Bleh. Not that it matters too much, I likely wouldn’t breed her since she’s a normal.
I’m also heavily considering looking into testing her and possibly my other boas for nidovirus and some of the other common diseases, her especially since I don’t know anything about her origins and want to make sure she’s healthy before I introduce her to the rest of my collection.
She does look very healthy physically at least, maybe a teeny bit overweight but otherwise active and alert.
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