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I noticed my red group jungle has a slight red tint in his eyes. I’ve only noticed this on hypos before.

Have you seen this before in red group animals or in jungles? The mother of the boa in question was a hypo, perhaps that had something to do with it? Or is it just part of the normal color variation we see in boas and not tied to any specific morph?

Some pics I was taking of him, with flash so of course the red hardly shows up...

Thanks in advance for sharing your opinion!
-April

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'There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."' -Rainshadow

He looks good! I think its part of the normal variation, although I do see more 'red' eyes in hypos and its always hard to capture in pics!

There has been some discussion I believe that Jungles tend to
have this reddish color especially in the upper eye area.
I can't confirm I only have my one Jungle to look at in person
He definitely has that reddish tint and color in his eyes.
Hopefully in a couple weeks I'll have several more to look at,LOL

. . . Lar M
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Boas By Klevitz
Boas By Klevitz

>>Hopefully in a couple weeks I'll have several more to look at,LOL

Hey Lar, what do you have cooking?

Good luck!
-April
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'There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."' -Rainshadow

April,

I believe it is tied to the jungle gene. All of the jungles and hypo jungles in that litter had red eyes, where the non jungles didn't. It does fade with age. You also really see this in the super jungles.

Matt

> All of the jungles and hypo jungles in that litter had red eyes

very neat! I don't know why I didn't notice it before, I guess I was always just distracted by his beautiful tail.

I'm so glad to have this guy here, you sure do produce some gorgeous critters out there in the 'boonies' Matt!

have a great night,
-April
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'There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."' -Rainshadow

There'd be hell to pay.

He's a nice looking Jungle!

Jungles will often have a red tint to their eyes, sometimes more than a tint, especially the supers.

Mark

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uncommonboa.com

great looking super, killer eyes!
I always like seeing that fella posted.
Thanks for the info!
-April
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'There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."' -Rainshadow

np
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Ty Hege
Rat Race Solutions
www.ratracesolutions.com

>>whoo!
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'There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."' -Rainshadow

dunno on your question but that is clearly a nice Jungle!!!
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

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