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Skip the hets and go staight for the 'digms

When I saw these in Chicago two years back I was floored! I wish I would have bought one then.... but better late then never.

Thanks Mike for parting with such a looker. I know there were a lot of people after this little guy... with all the exposure he got, he was the one pictured with the ParaGlow!

Enjoy!

Guy

Nice purchase!!!!!
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Ray & Dustin Bueno
Bueno Brothers Reptiles
www.buenobros.com

Awesome and congrats on the new addition!

WOW , he sure looks awsome , theye are on my to get list in the future

When two of these are bred together do you get all 'paradigm' boas?

Expectation from a paradigm x paradigm mating:
1/4 Sharp albino
2/4 paradigm
1/4 Sharon Moore caramel

This is because a paradigm boa has one Sharp albino mutant gene paired with one Sharon Moore caramel mutant gene. When a paradigm parent produces sex cells (sperm or eggs), each sex cell gets either a Sharp albino mutant gene or a Sharon Moore caramel mutant gene. When a sperm fertilizes an egg, the gene pair is reestablished. If both sperm and egg have a Sharp albino mutant gene, then the baby is a Sharp albino. If both sperm and egg have a Sharon Moore caramel mutant gene, then the baby is a Sharon Moore caramel. If one sex cell has a Sharon Moore caramel mutant gene and the other sex cell has a Sharp albino mutant gene, then the baby is a paradigm.

Hope this helps.

Paul Hollander

Sure does.
jsc

A parahet is either a het Sharon Moore caramel or a het Sharp albino. You just don't know which without a breeding trial. So if two parahets are mated, both parahets are het Sharon Moore caramels, or both parahets are het Sharp albinos, or one parahet is het Sharon Moore caramel and the other is het Sharp albino. The results of those possible matings are as follows:

1. Het Sharp albino x het Sharp albino -->
3/4 normal looking (66% probability het Sharp albino)
1/4 Sharp albino

2. Het Sharon Moore caramel x het Sharon Moore caramel -->
3/4 normal looking (66% probability het Sharon Moore caramel)
1/4 Sharon Moore caramel

3. Het Sharon Moore caramel x het Sharp albino -->
3/4 normal looking (66% probability either het Sharon Moore caramel or het Sharp albino)
1/4 paradigm

Paul Hollander