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I bought this boa as a T Albino. I have looked up pics and she doesn't look the same. Any guess?
I can get more pics if needed.

Well, it's pretty hard to tell from that particular dark, low-res photo. It sort of looks like a hypo to me from my monitor, but it is tough to discern. It could very well be a "HET" for the T-plus gene too, and not an actually displaying the T-plus gene itself.

Look at the tail, and if the borders of the red saddles have a sort of strange purple-ish, milky translucence to them, and deep ruby/blood colored eyes, then it is. Otherwise, if it simply has reduced dark pigment to it's pattern, normal black pupils, etc..it is a hypomelanistic boa, or is het for the t-plus gene.

Below is a link to a well-known T-plus line. Note the weird tranluscence around the borders that I mentioned.

Some better quality photos would certainly help make a more definitive ID though.

cheers, ~Doug

t-plus boas

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

here are pics of her eyes and tail. Her eyes are a tan color on the top and the bottom halfs are a darker tan color.

Well, it is the pupils that are important, not the irises. Those pics aren't any better than the others to be honest, I still can't make-out any of the important features..LOL!. If it is a t-positive Colombian "imperator", it is being displayed in extremely low expression.

Here is one from Dave and Tracey Barker stock....

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

Alright, thank you for your help. I need to find my camera, in the middle of moving...

I'll post again soon. The guy I got it from is highly respectable and has a lot of good reviews, but it doesn't match when we look up the type.