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RE: What is a "Blood Boa"?

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Posted by: RioBravoReptiles at Tue Dec 12 15:16:33 2006   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by RioBravoReptiles ]  
   

I don't know either.. Oh, I know when I see an animal that has the traits of Blood boas but just what it is and how it works are a mystery to me. (but I'm a dummy at how all that works)..
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Keep in mind that you can inbreed for practically any look or trait and you will get more of your targeted looks in the offspring in a fairly predictable way, this doesn't mean the trait is something specific that is passed on in any breeding as a recessive or dominant genetic trait. I'm supposing this has all been demonstrated in multiple generations? .. or the Boas are sold on looks alone, not inheritable genetics?
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I've seen many boas of all sizes that had the looks of a Blood boa. By that I mean reduced or dispersed melanin in places where it normally is seen and a tendency to be red or reddish as adults.. yet the boas are not RED, like red on the tail of a nice boa.
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In Mexico I've seen wild Boas that would pass for 'B' grade Bloods, adults, sitting in the road or on the sand. And they have a lot of the pattern-looks of the El salvador snakes as well. I was just in Mexico last Summer and I saw a Boa a friend had (looking for the pics!) that he brought from isla Mujeres. It could pass for a very orange Blood boa. It's now in that roadside Zoo between Pto. Morelos and Can Cun.
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