I have a question for the Boa community.

Why is it that basically every ad I see for a Hypo boa that is het for albino has them labled as dbl. hets? A true dbl het would be an animal that is normal appearing but is a gene carrier for both traits. Now I understand that the Hypo trait is a dominant trait so why not call them what they are - Hypos het for albino?

Am I missing something?


I collect a number of different reptiles, I have collected locality Boas for the last 25 years and I have been breeding Ball Pythons for the last 10 years and I know there is some butting of heads between the ball and boa folk......but what it comes down to is correctly identifying what an animal is. Ball python breeders dont call Spiders, Pastels, Cinnamon Pastels, etc. . . het's for their homozygous form; they are just spiders, pastels and cinny's. ( although some do call yellowbellies hets for Ivory which I disagree with ) Isn't the term "het" used to reffer to a gene carrier for a simple recessive trait not a dominant one?

So why is it that this is being done? Not to jump on toes or start a big arguement.....I am just curious and would like a good explanation to this...



Thanks to all who read this and have a good answer.....


Jared H
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