Not quite.

Sunglow is a combination of salmon (aka hypo) and albino. Albino is caused by a recessive mutant gene so a boa is only albino when the mutant gene is homozygous. Salmon is a dominant mutant gene. The salmon appearance shows when the salmon mutant gene is homozygous (two salmon mutant genes) or heterozygous (a salmon mutant gene paired with a normal gene).

There have been many posts on this forum and the genetics subforum about salmons (hypos) and sunglows. Just scrolling down through a few pages will turn some up.

Paul Hollander

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