There have been many many crosses made using Argentine Boas from many different bloodlines. However, none of the offspring that I have ever seen seem to have the classic Argentine pattern we all know to be a particular characteristic of Argentines. You know the smearing of the side blotches and connected pattern. The offspring never look exactly like anything like that but normally more Colombian than Argentine in the Argentine/Colombian crossings that I have seen. I have three questions:

1. Has anyone ever seen one of these offspring that has actually retained the Argentine type pattern?

2. If the answer is yes, can you post a picture of one of these offspring?

3. Has anyone breed two of the Argentine Cross animals together? What about a Salmontine X Salmontine? Has that been done? Any link to the resulting offspring?

I guess I am wondering out loud if the pattern of Argentines might be a "Simple recessive" trait or not. Perhaps a dumb question but maybe not. It seems to be clearly recessive but whether simple or not, I cannot tell.

One other weird thing about Argentines is how dramatically different they appear from amarali. Amarali come from an area in closest proximity to Argentines, but they look totally different. Do you know what I mean? Thin pattern generally and separated at that, most times. It just seems strange that the Boas that come from an area somewhat closer to Argentina might look somewhat similar. But the fact is that some Central American or Mexican Boas may look more similar to Argentine Boas than say Bolivian amarali ever do. Just a head scratchier for me.

Any input on this question would be appreciated.

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