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Hi all. I am considering acquireing a male colombian boa to breed with my buddys gorgeous female. My question is about the boa morphs. Are any of them co dominant or dominant. I know all about all the ball python morphs, but am clueless to the boas.
Sunglow, Pastel, ghost, hypo, etc

thanx

Albino - recessive
Anerythristic - recessive
Hypo - Dominant
Jungle - Co-dominant
Arabesque - Co-dominant
Motley - Not sure if proven co-dominant, if not, then dominant
Stripe - recessive
Aztec - ?
Leopard - ?

Probably more. that's what jumps off the top of my head

Snow = Albino Anerythristic
Sunglow = Albino Hypo
Ghost = Anerythristic Hypo
Snowglow or Avalanche = Albino Anerythristic Hypo
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
2.1 Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
1.0 BCI albino het stripe
1.0 BCI salmon hypo
0.1 BCI ghost

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

The Aztec I believe is Co-dom and the Leopard is Heterozygous. Good luck picking which one, they are all super cool.
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
2.1 Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
1.0 BCI albino het stripe
1.0 BCI salmon hypo
0.1 BCI ghost

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Actually the Aztec has not been proven to be codom yet.
The arabesque also has not proven to be codom. My guess is it will prove to be dominant with some more likely to be "supers" - kind of like the hypos.
The motley has proven to be codom, with purple or brownish patternless to be the supers.

Matt

Thanx all for the responses. My buddy has an AWESOME normal female pet bci, and I suggested to him that I snag a male for breeding. I kinda wanted a codom or dom for morphs in the first breeding but dont know if I can afford one. Either way, his girl is too good looking not to breed, so maybe ill just get a screamer normal if the morphs are too much. Thanx again for the quick replys, and ill keep you all posted.

i am a new comer , and dont know many proper words or abbreviates like "DH","het",or something like that.
thank u in anticipation for feedback

Morphs are caused by abnormal genes. Genes come in pairs, one supplied by the female and the other supplied by the mail.

Recessive traits require both abnormal genes to be present for the trait to visually show.

Dominant traits only require one gene for the trait to show AND cannot be 100% distinguished from those animals with both abnormal genes.

Co-dominant also requires one gene for the trait to show. The difference is there is a third "look" for those that have both genes.

Het refers to heterozygous or having only one abnormal gene

Hom (slang = super) is Homozygous or having both genes the same.
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
2.1 Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
1.0 BCI albino het stripe
1.0 BCI salmon hypo
0.1 BCI ghost

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

thanks for your answers.
so...if i'd like to breed snow boas for example
anery(not het albino) cross albino could work ?
or anery must het albino ?

this is my suri BCC , about 80 cm , thanks for check it out.

A snow is both albino and anerythristic. Both mutant genes are recessive to their normal counterparts. In other words, to be a snow, the boa must have a pair of albino mutant genes and a pair of anerythristic mutant genes. And each parent must have at least one of each mutant gene.

Male parent:
1. Looks normal but is heterozygous albino, heterozygous anerythristic
2. albino, heterozygous anerythristic
3. anerythristic, heterozygous albino
4. albino anerythristic (snow)

Female parent:
1. Looks normal but is heterozygous albino, heterozygous anerythristic
2. albino, heterozygous anerythristic
3. anerythristic, heterozygous albino
4. albino anerythristic (snow)

Select any male from the male list above and any female from the female list above. They could produce a snow. Any other mating could not produce a snow. An anerythristic that is not heterozygous albino cannot produce a snow in the first generation even if it is mated to a snow. However, if that anerythristic is mated to one of the snakes listed above, snows could turn up in the second generation.

Paul Hollander

Colombian Morphs:
Kahl Albino-recessive-$900-1500
Sharp Albino-recessive-$2500-3000
T-Positive Albino - Recessive- $15,000
Anerythristic-recessive-$200-$600
Hypomelanistic/Salmon-dominant-$200-$3000
Motley-Co-Dominant-$6500-$9000
Jungle-Co-Dominant-$3500-$6000
Aztec-Dominant or Co-Dominant Super not known. $unavailable
Arabesque-$1500-2000
Scoria-(recessive)-$unavailable
Pastel-selectively bred, co-dom like, $200-$1200
Kahl Stripe - recessive $300?
harlequin- dominant - $500-$UP

Sunglow - Hypomelanistic Albino (Kahl $3500-$9000) (Sharp $10000-$15000)
Ghost - Hypomelanistic Anerythristic ($900-$1500)
Snow - Anerythristic Albino ($3500-$6500)

Nicaraguan morphs:
T-Positive Albino- $25000 (males)
Type II Anerythristic - $1000-$1500
Hypomelanistic - $900-$3000

C.A. Motley -codominant- $12000-$unavailable
El Salvador Blood -recessive- $4000-$6000
Bloody Salmon - $15000
Leopard - recessive- $1750-$3000

Other designers on the way, or available. This is a pretty big group to get you started. There are also Heterozygous or Homozygous of every listed animal.

WOW, really happy to see all the morphs listed kin one place and the current prices are aslo good to have. Thanks again!!
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
2.1 Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
1.0 BCI albino het stripe
1.0 BCI salmon hypo
0.1 BCI ghost

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats