Hypos are not weak gened animals. It is obvious just by looking at other island local boas that are predominantly hypo. If it works on an island it will happen on the mainland at some point. If you put enough hypos in an area they are going to breed out the normals over a long enough time span. Hogs, and hypo may be pretty colors in captivity but thow one on the ground in some sandy leaf litter and they'd blend right in..

This is all speculation either way at this point, but a friend of mine here did just produce a full litter of 75% hog hypos (the first ones done) and the results point in my favor.. The blonde type hypo that hogs carry seems to be dominant to some extent.
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Ed Lilley, www.constrictorsnw.com

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• Hog islands boas actual hypos? in the morph sence.. - PanamaRed, Sun Jun 5 12:27:21 2005
• Hi Ed.....I just talked to him a couple of hours ago.....>> - LindaH, Sun Jun 5 18:49:30 2005
• Hey Linda.......................> - PanamaRed, Sun Jun 5 18:59:28 2005
• RE: Hey Linda.......................> - LindaH, Sun Jun 5 19:34:45 2005
• RE: Hog islands boas actual hypos? in the morph sence.. - ChrisGilbert, Mon Jun 6 07:53:07 2005
• RE: Hog islands boas actual hypos? in the morph sence.. - PanamaRed, Mon Jun 6 12:41:00 2005
• RE: Hog islands boas actual hypos? in the morph sence.. - ChrisGilbert, Mon Jun 6 14:51:36 2005
• Pastel-like (reduced black) polygenic (like every other locality cross) IMO - topnotchboas, Mon Jun 6 15:21:24 2005
• RE: Pastel-like (reduced black) polygenic (like every other locality cross) IMO - AbsoluteApril, Mon Jun 6 16:05:54 2005
• Good point............................................................more> - PanamaRed, Mon Jun 6 17:42:12 2005
• 1 more point of interest.............................................more> - PanamaRed, Tue Jun 7 13:04:47 2005
• If it were a single gene mutation: - topnotchboas, Tue Jun 7 14:06:07 2005
• RE: If it were a single gene mutation: - PanamaRed, Tue Jun 7 14:42:56 2005
• RE: If it were a single gene mutation: - topnotchboas, Tue Jun 7 16:49:20 2005
• hypo is not a weak gene........more> - PanamaRed, Wed Jun 8 17:42:24 2005
• Who said hypos were a "weak gene"? - topnotchboas, Wed Jun 8 18:36:23 2005
• thats pretty close minded....More> - PanamaRed, Wed Jun 8 23:09:59 2005
• RE: thats pretty close minded....More> - cbreps, Thu Jun 9 07:51:01 2005
• RE: another nice female - cbreps, Thu Jun 9 07:54:10 2005
• RE: another nice female...recent pic - cbreps, Thu Jun 9 08:00:13 2005
• RE: a nice low speckled male - cbreps, Thu Jun 9 08:15:37 2005
• RE: ok one last pic,then i got to leave for work - cbreps, Thu Jun 9 08:34:59 2005
• Those WC one look like my F3's...More> - PanamaRed, Thu Jun 9 12:27:35 2005
• RE: Those WC one look like my F3's...More> - cbreps, Thu Jun 9 21:47:56 2005