I believe the aberrancies we are seeing in Hypos and non-Hypos may have originally come from the same “bloodline”, but likely are not linked in any way to the Hypo gene itself. The “Hyponess” of an animal makes it easier to see and identify the aberrancies for sure. But the aberrancies are clearly in many non-Hypos as well as Hypos. Unfortunately, I can’t back up what I am about to say up with pictures. The first litter of Monster Tail Hypos I produced had a few Hypos with goofy patterns and several non-Hypos that also had goofy pattern. The exact same kind of goofy pattern that I now produce with my “Nova” bloodline animals.

The Nova Boas are Grandkids of the original Monster Tail female. She was bred by an F1 Orange Tail Hypo. This Hypo’s mother was the original Wild Caught Hypo that Dr. Hardy brought back from Panama many years ago now. In 2000 The Monster Tail produced the first litter of Monster Tail Hypos. This is the 2000 Monster Tail Hypo male that fathered of my “Nova” Boa aberrant bloodline, or whatever you would call it.



He had siblings in that first litter that were actually more aberrant than he is. I don’t have or can’t find pictures of them. But they were there in that first litter. They were not Hypos. They did not have the Hypo Gene. So it cannot be said that it was linked to the Hypo gene. In fact any non-hypo ever produced by a Hypo does NOT have the Hypo gene. This is by definition. So I do not believe it to be related in any way.

These are some of the babies he made:















Hypos and non-hypos. Sorry for the old shots. I haven’t taken updated pictures of them. This one has very very little in the way of aberrancies. But he has what is required to make some crazy babies. He made the second generation of “Nova” Boas for me last year or really the third generation of aberrant animals from the original litter of Monster Tail Hypos:



Here are some of his babies:









I think that it is possible that the same “genetic combination” may be making these aberrancies happen in more than one “line” of these critters. I don’t know it is the exact same gene or genes. Nobody does. It might be virtually impossible to prove out one way or the other. It clearly is inarguable that in fact it is genetic. Genetic is not defined as only fitting into the neat little clearly understood packages that “simple recessive”, “dominant”, “co-dominant”,” and or if you prefer, “incomplete dominant” traits are. If only it were so simple...

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