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This clutch happened about 2 weeks ago and I finally got my computer fixed so I can share some pictures. This was a pairing of a hypo harlequin to a Striped Het Jablonski Super Stripe. Some of the babies turned out really nice and there are some major keepers in here!









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>>This was a pairing of a hypo harlequin to a Striped Het Jablonski Super Stripe. Some of the babies turned out really nice and there are some major keepers in here!

LMAO!!! When Tom Burke 'coined' that name (het Jablonski) years ago, I almost dropped dead laughing. He kinda did it as a joke, BUT it was also a good thing to distinguish. Why? There was only a small handful of THE 'original' "Super Stripes" in the U.S. I was e-mailing someone about them and I personally felt that all other 'proven' Striped Boas just paled in comparison, so we called them 'Super' Striped to try and set them apart from the rest. The nomenclature for this Stripe Line was not well thought out at the time, since I will admit that genetics (Super form) were not considered in the name (how 'Super' is used for the expresssion of a trait like Super Pastel Ball Python). But, it just stuck. While I cannot take credit for establishing the bloodline, I was instrumental in promoting the gene to 'the public'. All the Boa breeders I was in touch with never saw or heard of the Boa (and bloodline) when I took it to the internet. The originator of the line is a quiet person who was not 'in' the whole surface level breeder thing. I tried my hand at Boa breeding for a few years and realized it just was not in me (as much as I like Boas). SO, the project was sold. The folks that have this bloodline now are working hard to make some pretty amazing snakes. I'm glad to see the gene out there and being reproduced. Wait 'till ya see what a few folks hopefully turn it into. Maybe this season?!? I hope!

Best of luck with those babies. The expression of the trait is variable when passed on, but I'm pretty sure you can see there are some killer holdbacks! If possible, I'd love to see the pairing of the 'best' stripe in that litter back to the mother. You never know what might come of it.

Matt
p.s. - A pic of 'The Founding Father', if you will, and one of his offspring.

Hi, thanks for the response. When I went to the Daytona show back in 2002? I think, I was looking for a new boa morph to work with. I bought a couple of things but wanted something no-one else was working with. So I ran across this table with this striped boa. I talked to the owner and he told me all about it. After some discussion he told me that he didn't bring any of the "striped" offspring from the male to sell but that he had some at home since about "half" the litter came out striped. I wondered how a simple recessive trait could produce half stripes and told him if he could get me a female striped one I would buy a male super from him the next year, or trade for a t positive colombian boa. So luckily he lived close to me and I went and picked up the striped girl myself. After what happened I started to disbelieve the trait and put it on the back burner. Then I heard it was for real and I finally got the female bred. I think the supers are quite awesome animals!


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Congrats on the beautiful babies...
Can't wait to see some of those after they shed.
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Josh Ketchum
Sunshine Boas