.. pairings are based upon locality. Only that within our population of a certain locality of Boa we choose animals, from within that group with dissimilar characteristics to retain randomality in the offspring.

This breeding will produce many pale, ghostly, babies with few speckles and many bright pink or orange babies with or without speckling and hard markings as well as perhaps some throwbacks to F1-looking animals.

2nd, 3rd or whatever generation animals (whether locality or other) inbred for certain looks or any list of characteristics become more expressive of those chosen traits. Ultimately to the point where the sub-set of traits considered not as desireable (and the related genetics) are lost, as well as any number of traits not visually expressed. I just try to limit that loss of potential.

It is easy to see how this contrasts with MORPH-making, where if these rules were followed, there would be no albinos at all (or very few)..as well as many other popular recessives. And in the case of the albinos at least some undesireable traits have surfaced in those inbred populations over the course of the project.

Nope.. not starting a feud with the Morphers! Just explaining how, in my view, a locality population (especially of rare or insular animals) can be managed to better retain their diversity, and (if you think about it) their uniqueness as well.
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