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Ok, I bought a reverse stripe Columbian. Sort of on a whim. I already have a Hogg Island so I sort of know what I'm getting into. Sort of. She has a pretty long tail, at least 1/4 of her body, and reduced saddles- only 5 connect all the way across and those are very thin. Anyway, I went to get a picture but she's blue and there's no way I'm showing her off at her worst. Anyway, I have some questions about the heritibility or lack thereof of this trait. Without seeing the parents, how safe is it to assume that a reverse stripe can be passed on, and if so, what is the nature of the trait genetically? Also, ditto for reduced saddles. Even if the answer is "it's probably was affected by prenatal temperature and you're screwed" I still wouldn't regret buying her. I just want to know if I should be looking into getting a mate for her. (Also, if you think she should be bred into a morph line, which one and why. I'm not in it for the money, I'm in it for the cool looking BCI!) A pic will be forthcoming post-shed. I'd also like to thank you for your commitment to this very long and rather pointless post.
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Eryx - All the fun of a boa in a convenient pocket size!

First off there are several lines of proven genetic reverse striping and a bunch that have no genetic factors at all.

#1 The first Genetic reverse stripe is know as the Tiger Boa that gene has been proven codominant but not quit 50-50 like a hypo more or less. A normal Tiger boa has thin saddles they hail from Honduras where the normal Hondurans have thin saddles, there are also some from Coasta Rica but they have some what normal saddles.

When a Tiger boa is bred to another Tiger boa you will get Super Tigers and Tigers , the Supers have no saddles at all and are striped along their sides with breaks here and there or completely striped. Picture enclosed.

#2 ther is a ressesive reverse stripe in Suriname Redtails that is just spectacular the color is far more vibrant than the C.A. Tiger boas. I have never seen one with a completely striped pattern or super type of that gene.

#3 there are Tiger looking boas that I know about that have beeeeen bred back to the parents and nothing of the sort came out, those could have been unique patterns or temperature related stripes, they so far have not been proven.

#4 if you breed your Reverse stripe to any other snake and you get some reverse stripers you have a codominant gene.

#5 I have three proven localities of Tiger Boas
a) the orriginal line from imported Honduran Tigers
b) the second produced line from Coasta Rican tigers
c) the third produced lkine from Hog Island Tigers

I also Have some imported Nicaraguan Tiger looking oas that have not been proven yet.

This coming season I will see if my orriginal Honduran line is compatable with the Coasta Rican line if so, Bingo!

Your best bet to breed your reverse striper would be to something with color, a T albino or a hypo or a Sunglow.

Hope this helps.