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I just got this guy in from David Morgan this morning and I am really excited about him. I have never seen a belly like this, except for recently I saw some "cryptic boas" for sale that had this sort of belly cleanliness and striping. This should be a fun project to dink around with. Pic was taken by David Morgan (I hope you don't mind David), and thanks for such a smooth transaction.
Has anyone else seen this before? What do you all think about it?

Thanks,
Matt Crabe

How about a Red Bellied Racer???? No??

Hey Matt, that looks cool! Good luck! Andy

His belly really is that pink. He is not going into shed.
Matt

>>I just got this guy in from David Morgan this morning and I am really excited about him. I have never seen a belly like this, except for recently I saw some "cryptic boas" for sale that had this sort of belly cleanliness and striping. This should be a fun project to dink around with. Pic was taken by David Morgan (I hope you don't mind David), and thanks for such a smooth transaction.
>>Has anyone else seen this before? What do you all think about it?
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>>Thanks,
>>Matt Crabe
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The pastel male I used to produce my litter of babies had a solid clean an pink belly like that an passed this on to alot of the babies,matter of fact the one keeper male I kept back is exactley like that at only 10 months old,but then again his whole body is pink like that,lol!Looks like you got an awsome looking boa their!Will be interesting to see the albino gene mixed in with it!Take care,Eric[Hypoboa]
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E&C's Exotic House of Reptiles

I picked up this Killer Possible Het Albino from him at one of the west coast shows. The albino siblings where Super nice, What I would call corals...But Anyway he produced and has some really nice boas, Super nice snag on getting anything from Him. Here is a pic of my boa I got from him, can't wait to prove her out with my Het stripline albino.....

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"Life is a Safari"

Glad you like him. Where would I find a pic of Cryptic Boas? I vaguely remember hearing about them.

It's hard to take a pic of their belly.

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--aka DMOG68

http://www.strictlyboas.com/pic_gallery/cryptic.htm

but the web page seems to be down.

Matt

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Joe Lydon

Poor boa, I hate when I hit the water with my belly, really hurts.
Of course I'm just kidding. Interesting trait. Is it genetic?

That's a female colombian. She has very little belly pattern but there is still some there. She only has the pink coloration on the last two third of her belly. Here's the rest of her belly.

I don't know if it is genetic. I have seen clean bellies before, but usually in pastels that have little black to start with. What I find odd about this boa is how all the black speckling that should be on the belly is pushed of to the sides to form stripes. It's not that they're missing, they are just arranged differently. I sure hope it is genetic and I hope there is a super form (wishful thinking, I know.) But with all these cool ball python morphs popping up from clear bellied animals, who knows.
Matt