This information has been posted before. It has been read by some of the people who have done follow-up posts here regardless of what they say here now. This is the information regarding the origin of the Key West Boas.



Zach Murray bred the original Key West female in 2005. When she produced that litter, she was bred with her brother. The male that bred her is her brother. They were both born in 1999 or 2000. Zach obtained these Boas from his Dad who was a snake fancier before Zach was. Zach's Dad obtained them from the guy who bred them. Zach was able to track this fellow down and speak to him about their origin. The guy is no longer into Boas in any way. He knew nothing about what was going on with them. Zach simply asked where they came from and when he obtained them. Zach was told that the parents of Zach's original Key West female were born to a pair of Boas that he had purchased in the 1980's as Colombian Boas. The litter that Zach's original female Key West Boa was born in 4th or 5th litter that pair of Boas had produced.



When Zach told me about the conversation he had with the breeder of his Boas he told me he was nervous about what the answer was going to be. I was not nervous as I knew what I was looking at and I was able to intellectually separate the visual appearance of the Boas with the mutation from having to be any definitive indicator of the origin of their ancestors. For me the non-mutant siblings told the tale. Zach was fearful that this guy was going to say they were some type of cross or that one was a true red tail of some sort. However, without asking a leading question the original breeder simply told him his Boas were sold to him as Colombians. He sold babies as Colombians. Primarily to pet shops in those times when he produced litters.



That is what was know. Any other hunches are simply that and contrary to the information we have honestly sought out.







As for Steve's original request to post them. Here is one. I like him and his classic outrageous Pastel wash a lot!
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