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Thought I would post a pic of some of my offspring from a DH Snow to a DH Snow breeding. The pic is my DH Snow Female(mom) with a snow male, and two "freak" males. The freak male with his head by hers I call Fat Freddy. He is the color of a snow, but he displays a full set of saddles and a pink/coral tail. The pink on his head gets better with every shed. They all are real sweethearts.Enjoy ! Sharon

I see you got it to work! Love Fat Freddy, he is one awsome animal. You sure do got it going on over there. Talk to you soon.
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Mickey Houtz
Boas4u.com

I think those two males look even nicer than the snow, especially
the one with all the pink. I'm very curious how they will look
as they grow.

I guess those two would be 'Paradox' boas?

Those seem to be popping up more and more lately.

These are not Paradox ... Sharon is correct in calling them "Freak" boas. They only come from the Snow boa projects ... I have only heard of them coming from DHet females.

I believe Ralph Davis produced the 1st (a female) ... I don't think he has bred it to anything to test the genetics.

I produced (and I still have him) a male in 2005 ... he looks very similar to Sharon's males, but no pink ... pretty much a completely light-colored head with no markings (makes him look kinda "Freaky".

I am sure there are others around because I have seen pics of some in Canada, as well as, pics from another breeder whose animals I believe have some Hypo (or even Hogg) bloodlines in them (hence, I do not consider these Freaks)

Someone else will have to explain exactly what a Paradox is. I know the original Paradox boas had random black specks, but over the years the Paradox have taken on a more "calico" look. But I don't know that they come from any Snow boa breeding projects.

Anyways, this is my simple take on the difference between a Paradox and a Freak ... I don't know if anyone has really attempted to explain this, but I often see comments on the forums that confuse the 2 visual appearances.

Since I had a baby picture of my Freak available, I went ahead and included it ... he does look considerably different now (4 years later) as his pattern opened up and his head became whiter.

Very nice explanation Bill! You have some of the nicest looking Anerythristic Boas around!..... Snows especially!!!

Chaz Neely
constrictors@comcast.net

Great looking bunch Sharon !! I'd love to
see more individual shots of those.
Especially the odd balls ,LOL

. . . Lar M
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Boas By Klevitz
Boas By Klevitz

Cool! I'd love to see more pictures of Fat Freddy, he's pretty wicked!

Amie