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Who produced it? Is there a super forum? Who is selling them? Any info about the squaretail morph would be great. Thanks
Jake

I think Siegi first produced them, his site is albinoboas.com Since then I think Pete Kahl and Gray Rushing have produced them as well. I think Grays site is allboas.com and pkreptiles.com for Pete. Hope that helps, take care

Paul

Add to what Paul said that it is recessive. European origin, partially related to Kubsch Pastels. Probably why there are high and low color Squaretails.

Sq. Tail boas were originally imported from Germany. The original breeders in Germany were Becher Siegfried and Frank Lehmann. The Sq. Tails can be one of the most beautiful boas, and are pretty variable, but fairly consistant in certain traits. They typically have a green iridescence in the tail, a white horizonal tail stripe at side, they can be extremely clean, they tend to stay very nice and not change much as they age, they can be very red, or a very soft creme color, they have excellent temperments in not being aggressive at all, very hardy, some have a connecting pattern, some don't, they tend to have a blue grey eye color, and of course the sq.tail or ladder tail look. I am posting pictures of some of the better examples of the boas.
It seems to me the color and some other pattern issues may be a dominate trait and the sq.tail expression may be recessive, but not proven to me. I have bred a male sq. tail to a normal boa and had offspring that were outstanding. I also bred a male sq.tail to an albino female and had a slightly premature clutch with two almost full term albinos. Did not understand that one at all.

Hope you enjoy the photos,

John Manser

That last one fits my idea of an ideal Squaretail! Gorgeous.

The last one pictured is a male that turned really red. He is the one I bred to an albino female and got a premature clutch with two albinos. I like the red sq tails, but the ones that are very light with a rose color on sides are a favorite also. They all are very special boas. Here is a picture of a light colored female I am going to breed this year.
Thanks,

John Manser

Here are photos of an offspring from a sq tail male bred to a very normal female. I think the color and maybe other things are co-dom on the sq tails, but not the connecting pattern. The boa pictured has great color. You can't tell in photos, but the tail is very richly colored with nice creme/yellow outlines. Note the blue grey eyes. I really want to see the sq tail color and pattern traits expressed in an albino boa.

John Manser

thanks again! 8)