i believe the difference between the two lines of motley are the local. one is a colombian origin and the other is central american. not sure if they are the same gene mutation though (can be bred together to produce a homozygous form).

i am not aware that there is more then one line of jungle asside from the swedish originated line.



as far as hypomelanistic goes ...

salmon is a name given to the line bred by rich ihle and orange-tail is a name given to the line bred by jeff gee. as far as genetics goes, they are identical. both lines involve the same mutation on the same gene, this means that all known hypomelanistic boas can be bred together to produce the homozygous form.



the word super is a slang term which is used to describe and animal that is homozygous for a particular trait. this means that the animal in question has a pair of genes pertaining to the morph in question. super hypo means the animal has two hypo genes, super motley means the animal has two motley genes. this term is usually used to talk about non recessive mutations, as an albino boa would technically be a super albino as it has two albino genes.



lastly f1, f2 etc ...

this has nothing to do specifically with the hypo mutation, but rather referenceing breeding groups.

the f stands for filial group. any two unrelated animals can make up a filial group. the offspring of this pair are considered f1 or the first filial group. if you take a pair of offspring from this f1 group and bred them, their offspring will make up the f2 group. offspring from the f2 group bred together make up the f3 group. this is the basics, but it is much more complicated.
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