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I'm sure this has been asked before, but does the arrabesque
trait come from some kind of BCO BCI pairing?

I would have to say no. The original arabesques were produced in 1989 and proven in 1993 and from all the info I have gathered there was no BCO in the picture. Hope this helped.

Greg Reinert

Steve had pictures of the founding animal, Colombian.

I'm still confused why you think it may be a locality of its own. It's seems it's simply a pattern morph to me with obvious distinguishing characteristics, such as the shape of the head. Do you have the evidence to show more than its present known lineage, or is it just speculation on your part.

Speculation mainly.
I'm not saying it is NOT Colombian, just that the region in Colombia it came from may be unique when compared to the common areas Colombian boas are collected from.

If we look at Mexican boas, there are many distinct locales. Sonoran, Tarahumara Mt., Cancun, etc. Costa Ricans have two distinct phenotypes one from the Western part of the country, the other from the Central/Eastern end.

Pacific Coast Nicaraguans look different from Atlantic Coast Nicaraguans.

So, the Arabesque morph originated (under my speculation) from a region in Colombia with different defining characteristics in its morphology. Same goes for my prior examples of Sharp and T-plus. I was talking to one well known locale breeder over the summer, he mentioned a specific region in Colombia where the boas are very colorful, and likely the origin to many Pastel lines.

Some food for thought.

thanks for the reply man, good response.

You know that just about every morph out there except albinos
were the result of mixing different locales.

This isn't alchemy even though they may have you believe that it
is...

I didn't know that the heads were different, but to me that would be a flashing, indicator that there is something going on...