A few months ago there were several connected threads on the kingsnake.com boa forum on crossbreeding Sharp albinos with boawoman caramels (AKA boawoman hypos) to produce an intermediate form that the breeder was calling paradigm boas. As I recall, present belief is that paradigms have a boawoman caramel mutant gene paired with a Sharp albino gene. There are similar situations in corn snakes and black rat snakes.

Below is a link to a recent post on the history of boawoman caramels. As far as I know, these are neither the snakes that VPI calls caramel albinos nor the snakes often called T-plus albinos. At the moment, I don't have time to do an extensive hunt for the older threads. Good luck hunting.

Paul Hollander
Sharon Moore's boawoman caramel history

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