We just name it as a lineage-let's say for example:
VPI Caramel albinos. All of the snakes we have descended from an original pair of wc normal Colombians, which produced our founding animals in 1997. We have spent from 1997-2007 raising and breeding all combinations, proving this "VPI caramel albino" as a simple recessive. We have bred 1) homozygous x homozygous 2) het to het 3) homozygous to het 4) heterozygous to normal offspring. From those pairings including 50% and 66% possible hets that were proven to be 100% hets through breeding we have produced VPI caramel albino boas. These snakes are called "albino" because the eyes shine though red. They are called "caramel" because of their color, which ranges from pink to saffron yellow. A second what appears to be dominant mutation appears within the same lineage. We have named this VPI "pink panther." This appears to be independent from the caramel albino and you may get both appearances separately or together. Several pattern variations have appeared through breedings 1) connected chain pattern 2) widows peaks pattern 3) "reverse stripe or jaguar" appearing pattern. Future breedings will illustrate more about these variations. We have two wild caught animals, a male acquired in 2001 that has been bred to two females of the VPI caramel lineage and produced caramel albino babies. A wild caught female acquired in 2003 as a baby, has been raised and will also hopefully be compatible with the lineage.

VPI CARAMEL ALBINO BOA/PINK PANTHER BORN 2007

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