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Hi, my boa const. female give birth. This are two of the offsprings. Are this holes inside the saddles common? and the other with the connected saddles? It can be genetic? Or are just different common tipes of design. THANKS
Augusto

These aberrant markings are not very common , if either is genetic is something we cannot know by looking at them.

The only way to find out if these aberrant traits are genetic
would be to raise the babies to adult and breed them.

If they replicate their aberrant marking in the offspring produced
there could be a chance it's genetic.

This would depend on ratio of offspring that inherited the aberrant markings
and whether or not there is a Super form etc . . . .

. . . Lar M
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By the way are these Brazilian Boas or Bolivian or some other Bcc Locale ?

. . . Lar M
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I was thinking the same thing. I am curious if these might be some of cross that might be accounting for the unique look.
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Alberto Dimatteo
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they are good looking little things!

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>>Hi, my boa const. female give birth. This are two of the offsprings. Are this holes inside the saddles common? and the other with the connected saddles? It can be genetic? Or are just different common tipes of design. THANKS
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What's written above is purely my opinion. In fact, MOST of what you read on the internet is someone's opinion. Don't take it too seriously

Jonathan Brady
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I wanted to post these last night but was short on time so I thought I'd come back this morning and do so.

I have had several BCC with traits like that or similar. Here are a couple that currently reside here.

That look did not yet prove to be heritable in one semi-successful breeding trial (more slugs than babies).

To a MUCH lesser degree than the one above, or yours

But I posted her because here is one of her offspring...

The vast majority of that females siblings from that year also had aberrant patterns.

A subsequent litter from the same mother (the second picture posted above) and a different father produced no pattern abnormalities. A third litter from that same mother and yet a different father produced no pattern abnormalities.

So presumably, the sire from the first litter (father of the third animal pictured above) is either: A) Responsible for the pattern abnormalities in that litter, or B) Responsible for NOT INHIBITING the expression of the pattern abnormalities from the mother.

I'm kicking around the idea of pairing up the father of the first litter of the second female I posted, to the female at the very top this coming season, as both of those animals are highly aberrant.

I don't know that we've hit on much in the way of pattern mutations and heritability in non-BCI's yet, with the exception of the het Roswells and Roswells (which are BCI x BCC). In the het Roswell and Roswell procuect; the mutation is presumed to be from the BCC parent.

Good luck in your trials!

jb
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What's written above is purely my opinion. In fact, MOST of what you read on the internet is someone's opinion. Don't take it too seriously

Jonathan Brady
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Hi, thanks you all a lot for the answers. He are the parents, the litter consisted of 19 offsprings. Here I put the 4 uncommon?

more photos and the parents

Where do these Boas originate from ?

What country are these Boas from ?

They are very beautiful off spring and appear to be Bcc or maybe
Something on the border between Bolivian Amarali and
Boa constrictor constrictor.

I'm very curious about the origins of these Boas ?

. . . Lar M
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They actually look about like I imagine a "longicauda X" with Peruvian or Guyana, perhaps, to look like...a slight bit similar to "melanogaster." But, then, looks can be deceiving.

They are bcc, but I don´t know where they are from?
I count the dorsal rows in both parents and have more than 80.

To render an honest opinion, one would need to see the parents, the rest of the litter, know what locales are involved, etc. While "holes" and some connectivity of pattern, and a degree of pastel-like clarity to the coloration/pigment can possibly denote something along the lines of a "jungle-type" trait, it can also be a non-genetic non-morph. If those are unique in the litter, then I'd probably do some line-breeding, and out-breeding in the future to find out what is going on with it.