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Here's a pic I took last week of the Black Boa. Hope yall like em!

Daytona, right around the corner!

-Alex

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You have to post more pics... I absolutely love that boa, and one pic just isnt enough...lol
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Great looking Alex!
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Greg Holland
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That thing is absolutely gorgeous....I would love to produce something like that....

The motleys are the main reason I wanted to start breeding boas....and now ya'll have made me want to get into them even more....I'll have one....one day....
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Luke Martin
Bronze Serpent Reptiles

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If you were to make an albino black boa it would look pretty much like all the other albino boas.

Underneath all that black pigment is still all the other normal red and yellow pigments that all normal boas have.

That black boa is pretty cool though.

A leucistic boa is your best bet for an all white boa.

Do you honostly know that for a fact? I mean all I see is black, where do you see red? or any other color?
if it is black it should turn white ? no?
any way cool project to see develope.
good luck.

Nick

I know from experience that most melanistic animals just have a lot of black pigment that overpowers the other pigments that are still there.

If you make it an albino/amel, you just remove the black pigments. The other colors will still be there.

It is possible that this black boa has no other pigments underneath, but it is highly unlikely.

Well, is this animal a super motley, or a melanistic boa? If simply a melanistic, what happened to the pattern? I say it's too early to argue "what if's" either way, we should all just enjoy what is before us, and be extremely happy for Alex and excited about another new project for us boa lovers!!! Take care

Paul

whats all about the snake, I do agree it is a remarkable boa, I just assumed it would turn completely white when albonized not considering the color in the snake it would have to breed with in order to get the allbino cross.
great project indeed!

An albino boa has changed from the typical grey overall body color and tannish/black saddles and red on tail to an overall white color, orange saddles and red on tail turns orange as well. Teh black outline around the tail saddles on a normal turn bright white so I think you are right in assuming it will produce a kind of leucistic looking animal sine it is not a melanistic boa but a color/pattern variation from a co-dom gene.
Its the super of ca motley to ca motley.
Its probably the most outstandign looking snake ever produced in the boa world. A black boa, now when is my guy in colombia going to send me a leucistic? lol.
I like the colombian super but a solid black one to me is more impressive. A 5 foot solid thick looking animal, WHAT!!!
Anyways, it would be cool though that if crossed with an albino it would be all orange as technically since it seems to be a fusion of the saddles makign it completey just one big saddle(get what i am saying) then since albino boas have orange saddles, hmmmmm SOLID ORANGE SNAKE, i got my money on that......seems to be after a thought that a super motley is a fusion of all pattern on the snake which makes it a solid black color......we shall see, please tell me Alex that it is a boy?!!
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It would be nice to see a pic of this snake stretched out. It seems that there's a hint of pattern on its sides, in the bends of the current pic --- unless it's just my computer.

That has got to be one of the most stunning and breath takeing snake i have ever seen!!! I just really hope that it is a super and can be duplicated. Unfortunatly oddballs happen all of the time, and seeing as this was the only one in the litter ... well you all know where im going with this. Anyway once again thats a great looking snake im looking foward to seeing it in daytona next weekend good luck with it, oh by the way is it a male or a female?

John Peraza

>>Here's a pic I took last week of the Black Boa. Hope yall like em!
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>>Daytona, right around the corner!
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>>-Alex
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"To be the best..........You must lose your mind."

Hey Alex,

Absolutely stunning!!!!!!!! Life is so unfair....first I don't win Lotto last night and now I have to look at this, and it's in someone elses posession.

That snake is HANDS down my favorite Boa of the Year. Major Congrats!!!!!!!! Will be VERY interesting to see if it Stays Black. The Columbian Motley keeps a lot of the purple, but it does change to more of a Platinum color. The possibilities are Endless. Take Care, Jeremy

Alex, I have to say you have one awesome animal over there. I was wondering if I can borrow him in say 18 months or so.....LOL! I hope to see you in Daytona.

Jack

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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

Very cool Alex, can't wait to see what the animal will help bring us all in the years to come. See you in Daytona!!!

Take care,

Paul

Hey, I'm already a drooling, babbling fool......well, you know what I mean That baby is the ultimate!!!!!! I love the iridescent rainbow shimmer on his scales. WOW!!!!

MORE PICS PLEASE..........I'VE GOT NEW WALLPAPER.....hehe!!
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Linda Hedgpeth
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Sierra Serpents

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away"

I'm glad you guys liked the pic! After I downloaded it to my PC, I just had to share it...just came out awesome. Linda, it's my wallpaper too!

Thanks again guys for the kind words!!!

-Alex Barreiro-
BoaRepublic.com

np

That snake is like artwork with scales, very very pretty animal.
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