Thanks Paul, Give me a big enough stick and I'll convince the boa breeders



How about this for now:



Color mutations in boas:



Albino/Amelanistic - Recessive - a lack of melanin (black pigmentation) Kahl and Sharp strains.



Anerythristic - Recessive - a lack of ______ (red pigmentation) two known strains (type I and type II)



Hypomelanistic - Hypo - Dominant - a reduction in the black pigmentation



Caramel Albino (Tyrosinase positive) : Recessive - Colombian and Nicaraguan strains



Caramel Hypo (Boawoman Hypo)-recessive-a Hypomelanistic trait with similarities to Colombian T-plus Albinos and Pastels.



Pastel - Polygenic - A line of boas selectively bred for less than normal black pigment, not related to a single gene pair.



Blood - Recessive - A Hypererythristic mutation.
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Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"



0.1 Wife (WC)

0.2 kids (CBB)

2.7 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (adult breeders)

2.5 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (sub-adult from 2004)

4.8 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (sub-adult from 2005)

2.1 Hypomelanistic BRB

0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB

0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989

1.0 BCI albino / het-anery

0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino

0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino

0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)

1.0 BCI albino het stripe

1.0 BCI salmon hypo

0.1 BCI ghost



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