Hello,

To answer your question. The arabesque is inherited in a Dominant fassion. Meaning that if you breed it to a normal, 1/2 will get the gene and 1/2 won't stastically. The Salmon gene does reduce the pattern of the Arabesque a little and so some of the arabesque hypos will be hard to tell from just the look. However, as they grow, the arabesque changes colors. They turn into a beautiful Buckskin. As the Arabesque turns, when it is hypo form, the Hypo arabesque also goes through this color transformation. The head also seems to come through on the Salmon arabesque. The arabesque head pattern is a very strong one. That is another way to tell. The Salmon Arabesque is TWO dominant Genes in One snake. I believe the Salmon Motley, and the Salmon Arabesques were the First BOA mutations that had 2 different Dominant genes appearing in the same snake. Then the following year we saw the Salmon Jungle. In the future we will see many more.

Here is MY opinion on the Circle backs. Those can be inherited from one parent or another, but I don't think it is dominant in the way the arabesque is. As you breed heavily patterned boas, many of the babies will have connected pattern, and that connected pattern gives it a look similar to the arabesque pattern. I get MANY emails from a lot of people asking me if they believe they have arabesque boas. The best way to answer is by the Parents. IF one of the parents is an arabesque, then you have a good chance of it being one. IF not, then Really you don't have much of a chance. Maybey .0008 percent. Most of the people who email me have central american boas. As many know the Central American boas have connected patterns, and in the looks of the middle of the pattern, you will see circles. That gives it a CERTAIN look, and I just think it is passed on to the babies. If one parent has a lot of pattern, some of the babies will.

Now, about the Laddertail. I have produced many of these. They are awesome in looks. In fact, I had one in my Sunglow litter today. I don't beleive it is inherited in a Dominant fassion, but this is just my opinion. I think the same thing is going on as what I was saying above.

I know people are sending me these pics and asking questions because they just don't know, and they think they have something that looks similar to the Morph of a Motley, or Arabesque, or Jungle. Most in fact all of the time, I see them as just abberant snakes. In order to prove them in a dominant fassion they have to breed them. If you breed TWO strong patterned circle backs together, I'm certain you will get some more in the offspring. Does this make it a Morph? I don't think so. However, others might want to weigh in on the subject. This is JUST my opinion. I think they become a PROVEN morph when you have multiple breedings that come to the same conclusion. That is why BUYERS need to be careful when they are buying animals that are "Jungle", "Motley", "Salmon", etc.... There is a lot of Fraud in these animals. The best way to know is to ask for pics of the parents. Any seller asking a good amount of money should easily be able to supply pics of the parents.

I hope this helps. I really like the looks of many of the CBLT's out there. They are great. ALL the boas are just awesome. Take Care, Jeremy Stone

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