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Boa Morphs Wanted

RandomZero Dec 15, 2006 10:56 PM

Hello all! I am new to breeding snakes but i have had snakes for about 3 years and now i am wanting to start breeding so that one day i can breed all the way down to a Snow Sunglow!! But i am wondering if you could give me some different morphs and also that you have to breed to get those morphs!!?? Thank you!!

Brian

Replies (5)

PGoss Dec 16, 2006 08:47 AM

comprise a table of the "ingredients" and combinations needed to make those morphs would take hours. It is not quite that simple. You run into locality issues with some morphs as well. My suggestion is to hit the web. Go to a few websites and the Kingsnake classifieds and decide what morph(s) you like. For example, if you like Sunglows, then hop back on here and ask questions about Sunglows. Here are a few websites to get you started.

www.gainesreptiles.com
www.pkreptiles.com
www.riobravoreptiles.com (amazing locality animals)
www.boaconstrictormorphs.com

Phil Goss

Ophidia_Junkie Dec 16, 2006 07:44 PM

Although your enthusiasm is great to see, you will have a whole lot of learning to do first. How do the different genes work? What do they do? Albinism? Anerythrism? Axanthism? Erythristic? Melanistic?

A snow boa is bred to be all white, though it yellows with age. It's a combo of albinism and anerythrism. A sunglow is a different combo and bred for color. A Snow Sunglow would sorta be cancelling each other out.

Here is a list someone was nice enough to put together, that lists the morphs in boas and lets you know what is what. It does require some basic knowledge of genetics though.

Boa Morphs

Good luck in your research.

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Richard Carew
Sunset BCI
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Ophidia_Junkie Dec 16, 2006 07:51 PM

Another link for you Boa Genetics
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Richard Carew
Sunset BCI
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senorsnake Dec 16, 2006 11:29 PM

a snow sunglow is a moonglow.
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1.1 96, 04 Het Albino - "Suzie" & "Lumpy"
0.1 03 Poss. Het Albino - "Ami"
0.1 05 Super Salmon - "CreamSicle"
0.1 04 Anery Het Snow- "Squelchy"
1.0 04 DH-Sunglow - "Dwayne"
1.0 06 TH-Moonglow - "Gargamel"

Ophidia_Junkie Dec 17, 2006 01:42 PM

>>a snow sunglow is a moonglow.
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LOL, Yeah, I forgot about those. Still sorta cancels each other out though.
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Richard Carew
Sunset BCI
You laugh at me cuz I'm different! I laugh at you cuz you're all the same.
Stop Inhumane and Illegal Practices

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