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whats the skinny on the leopard boa? it is a morph right? recessive, co-dominant, dominant?
thanks

Supposed to be a recessive mutant gene that turned up in boa constrictors from the Sonora area of northern Mexico. All I know is in the link.

Paul Hollander
leopard boa

can you combine two recessive genes? for example leopard albino

It should be possible to combine leopard and albino. I don't think it's a great idea, though, because leopards are from Sonora and albinos come from the other end of the BCI range (Colombia).

Paul Hollander

snows are an example of a combination of two recessive genes. Unlike albino leopards they are both color morphs too.

Caden

Paul covered it in short.
It is a recessive mutation. So far there have been a few crosses with other morphs here in the US. Those made public are to a Ghost, Nicaraguan T-plus Albino, and to a Kahl High Contrast Albino.

Believed to be of Sonoran origin, though proof is not well documented.