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It is said that the hypo gene is originally a Panamanian gene. Did nature make this gene come into Colombia a long time ago, or did one of us herpers do it in a more recent timeframe? We all know panama ans Colombia are adjacent. Does anyone know for sure how the hypo gene came to Colombia?

Caden

To the best of my knowledge, the salmon (aka hypo) mutant gene does not occur in Colombia. The original salmon was crossed with the most available snakes, and most of the boas in the pet trade are from Colombia. Without a good supply of Panama locality boas, Colombian boas seem like the best alternative to me.

Paul Hollander

. . . just slither on over into Colombia, some time in antiquity? I am trying to understand how many generatiions ago we are talking about here. Are we talking a few decades or hundreds of years?

They're found in Colombia? I've never seen,or heard of any salmon,or orangetail hypo Colombians being captured,reported,or imported from Colombia...have you?
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So you're saying there are no hypos in Colombia? That would seem to indicate that people crossed then not nature. Is that correct or not?

Caden

The Salmon/Orangetail genetic trait that we refer to as "hypo" is a naturally occuring trait in several locales of Central American B.c.i. they were bred to captive B.c.i.,most of which were Colombian...although Panama is very close geographiclly,to Colombia,I am not aware of any such mutation being reported in any animals imported from that country.(the original "salmon",and "orangetail"animals used in early breeding trials are presumed,and reported to have come from Panamanian stock,to the best of anyone's knowledge.)
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HarlequinBoa.com Captive born excellence through applied genetic theory...and,astute observations based on a keen sense of the sometimes painfully obvious

that really isn't what I was asking either but Paul Hollander was kind enough to answer my question privately. Thank you Paul! He also sent me over to this great article by Rich Ihle which pretty much says it all:
http://www.salmonboa.com/reptileMagArticle.html

Thanks everyone,
Caden

The important thing is that you found an answer to what you think you really meant,mission accomplished.
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HarlequinBoa.com Captive born excellence through applied genetic theory...and,astute observations based on a keen sense of the sometimes painfully obvious