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In addition to extreme selective breedings I also try to breed a few "average" specimens to maintain the original look of certain bloodlines. These are from my Kerry King girl with relatively wide saddles. Born a couplke weeks ago, they just shed out.

Miller Reptiles

Barry, did you have another Blonde Bolivian litter this year? I'd love to see some pics of the babies, or if you have any pics lying around of some from the '03 litter!! The girl I got from you from that litter is still one of my favorite boas, and she is turning out very nicely! I'll get some new pics uploaded soon.

But from different parents. Hang onto that one you have, there was some really weird genetics going on in that litter. The mother has an aberrant pattern, with some kind of hypomelanism. The father was blonde, but nothing special. One of the babies looks just like the mother, one has the same pattern as the mother, but is not hypo. A male looks like an arabesque, and is not hypo. Then there were several of those blonde ones. I thought they took after the father, but couldn't figure out where all that red tail banding came from. Now that they are growing up, I see that they are much lighter than the father (and cleaner). I think they are hypomelanistic of some kind.

The mother:
[img]http://millerreptiles.com/am20.jpg[img]
A girl just like the mother:
[img]http://millerreptiles.com/DSC03887.jpg[img]
A girl with the mother's pattern, but not hypo (and not blonde):
[img]http://millerreptiles.com/DSC3887.jpg[img]

Your links weren't typed in right, but I copy and pasted them to take a look. My girl looks different from ALL of them.
Trust me, she is not leaving my collection!!

Once I get some new pics up I'll email some directly to you.
I've included the most recent pictures I have of her in this post.

This is the male Orange Crush I will be pairing her with in a year or two.
I hope to get a little more color in the babies from him, but keep them light and vibrant with her.
I just wish I had bought her sister too! Both of them pretty much look the same now, just bigger.

Yea, I didn't keep ant of those blonde ones, now I wifh I had.
The mother:

A girl just like the mother:

A girl with the mother's pattern, but not hypo (and not blonde):

there is so much variety within one litter, just opens a lot of possibilities. I've enjoyed raising my pair, hopefully in a few years I'll be looking at their kids!

I was meaning to get back with you on that one I inquired about
acouple months ago but lost the pic and your email reply.
If you remember please give us a holler.

M/

>>In addition to extreme selective breedings I also try to breed a few "average" specimens to maintain the original look of certain bloodlines. These are from my Kerry King girl with relatively wide saddles. Born a couplke weeks ago, they just shed out.
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>>Miller Reptiles

Many of those look WELL above average.
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I struggled for the right word there, I guess that was a poor choice. I didn't want to say "representative", because I don't think that there is such a thing. What I meant was animals that look somewhat like the animals that started the bloodline. I've done all kinds of selective breeding with these things, and a lot of the south Brazilians I have produced (like the patternless ones) probably don't look much like anything you might find in nature. In essence they are morphs. The south Brazilians have always fascinated a lot of us ever since they came in, just drop dead gorgeous animals from the get go. I have made it a point to keep pure versions of each of the King, Belknap, and Lemke lines (though they all originated from the same group of imports).