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just wondering if any body know what was going on with the black tail anerys? are they competable with type I or not. it seems like they pop up from time to time and I noticed someone was selling a type from a black tail and a het for ghost. just wanted to know the gentics behind the gene if anybody know could they enlighten me thanks.

I am also curious about them. I saw Jeremy stone had some posted a while back, and I should have e-mailed him about them but I did not. Are they true anery's? Thanks Andy

I saw them in person at Daytona of '03 and I picked up a pair from him. I was told Jeremy picked up a few there as well. I've since sold my pair

Mike never billed them as being true anerys because the genetics weren't proven at that time. I do know he's produced more than one litter of them from the same parents and the babies do have a unique look to them. Sought of a cross between a type 2 anery and a motley with the blocked saddle pattern. I'd love to see what these offspring produce when bred together.

Not sure on the genetics but they are definitely neat looking. Mike was selling these at very reasonable prices. The ones presently for sale on the classifieds look just like the ones Mike was selling. They aren't worth any more because they came from Jeremy. Jeremy just simply bought and re-sold. Looks like someone is trying to cash in on Mr. Stone's name.

I was contacted today by the individuals marketing the Black Tail Anerythristics in the classifieds. They requested background information on the bloodline.

Here is what they were told:

I purchased the parents of your animals in 2000 as yearlings. they were sold to me as 100% het for albino from someone that I trust. To date, I have produced two litters of babies from these adults. The albino trait has not proven out. Although it's possible that they are indeed het for albino: I have heard of hets that did not reproduce the het trait until the third or fourth breeding, but it is my belief that they are not.

Right from the start, I was impressed with the coloration of what is now my adult pair. They both have jet black tails and are anerythristic in appearance. You can see pictures of the adults, as well as pictures of the 2003 litter from which your boas originated at: http://reptiliandreams.com/btcolombian.html

The interesting thing with this bloodline is that they breed 100% true. Every baby looks this way. The first year that I produced babies (2002) all of the babies were sold very quickly. When I produced the 2003 litter, I took several of them with me to the Daytona Expo to get the opinion of other breeders. Everyone I showed them to felt that they were anerythristic. I sold a few of these at Daytona (including your pair to Jeremy Stone) as Black Tail Anerythristics because that was what everyone including myself felt they were. After Daytona, I was in no hurry to market them and had the opportunity to see them grow up a little.

It was after a couple of months that I noticed a very slight pink coloration on two of the remaining babies. It was very limited, in fact on one of the animals it only showed on a couple of individual scales. Now remember, I had not kept any from the first litter long enough to see this and my adult pair have never shown any hint of pink or red coloration. But since I was seeing this exhibit itself in two of the babies, I immediately dropped the name Black Tailed Anerythristic and marketed the remaining animals as Black Tail Colombians.

Now we all know that some anerythristic animals can display slight bits of coloration, especially as they grow, but I simply didn't want to risk misleading anyone.

At the very least, this is an unusual bloodline that breeds true. My future plans include breeding them into other anerythristic bloodlines to prove out compatibility.
It's also possible that this is simply a new variation. Time will tell.

If anyone else has any questions regading the bloodline, feel free to contact me at: mike@reptiliandreams.com

Thank you,

Reptilian Dreams