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boaphile
at Sat Oct 24 09:26:56 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by boaphile ]
No, they are Colombian. There is nothing about them that hint at BCC other than the pattern. The pattern is the mutation. There isn't any way to make that pattern without it being the connected/laddertail pattern that it is. So if the pattern reminds you of BCC, that will always be the case. But there are no BCC parents in the history of these animals going back to at least three generations to about 1995, when the fact is that crosses were exceedingly rare. People didn't do them because it was frowned upon so much.
One fellow who was a very well known and respected Boa breeder crossed an Ecuadorian Boa with a Suriname Red Tail in around 1990. Both BCC but different localities. That highly respected individual came under such unbelievable pressure for doing so that many lost much of their respect for him. He never did it again. The greater cost of the true red tails would have kept the original breeder of the grandmother of these babies from having one anyone. They were just long term pet shop Boas.
The next "crosses" that were made were when Argentines were bred into Kahl Albinos and Surinams were bred into Sharp Albinos in around 1998 or 1999. The mother of my Key West Boa, shown above was born in 1999 or 2000 to Boas that were purchased in a pet shop years before then.
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Jeff Ronne Sr
The Boaphile
Director USARK
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- "Key West Boas" - boaphile, Sat Oct 17 10:20:40 2009
- DANG! - cbmorphs, Sat Oct 17 10:49:10 2009
- RE: "Key West Boas" - viandy, Sat Oct 17 11:16:19 2009
- RE: "Key West Boas" - daneby, Sat Oct 17 11:25:55 2009
- WOw! - boaphile, Sat Oct 17 12:00:06 2009
- RE: WOw! - daneby, Sat Oct 17 12:41:56 2009
- Fantastic project! I'm so happy to see - TopNotchBoas, Sat Oct 17 12:20:47 2009
- That fem "Key West Boa" - LarM, Sat Oct 17 12:48:48 2009
- Very interesting, could that - tcdrover, Sat Oct 17 13:11:44 2009
- RE: "Key West Boas" - mack1time, Sat Oct 17 16:16:11 2009
- Way cool, Jeff! - mpollard, Sat Oct 17 19:56:24 2009
- RE: "Key West Boas" - minicopilot, Sat Oct 17 22:08:24 2009
- RE: "Key West Boas" - BrownsBoas, Mon Oct 19 11:07:33 2009
- RE: "Key West Boas" - Coach, Fri Oct 23 17:43:28 2009
 RE: "Key West Boas" - boaphile, Sat Oct 24 09:26:56 2009
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