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A couple weekends ago I had the opportunity to speak with a fellow Rosy Boa and Kenyan Sand Boa enthusiast so that we could swap some Kenyan babies. She reminded me of something that I had read some time ago about a purple rosy boa. In searching through some posts from 2005, I came across a post referring to a purple rosy color morph. Since I didn't see any photos, I have no idea what they looked like. Based on the information in the posts, it sounded like the morph resulted from a cross between a Whitewater albino and an L. trivirgata trivirgata from a locality that was not named. Does anyone have any additional information on this morph? I'd love to see some photos.

Interestingly enough, in my search for the purple rosy, I came across some photos of a "cotton candy" pink rosy. Based on the very limited info that I found, it sounded like a pair of the pink snakes didn't survive long. Any info on the pink snakes would be much appreciated as well. Thanks.

Steve

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The Barkers had them and popluarized this unatural cross. I think Scott Selested did the original breeding (triv x ww amel) and sold the to the barkers.

I have no idea if any exist out there today. Seems like that project died off.

but someone could make a stronger line by crossing the Mexicam triv triv into a Limburg amel coastal. I know i would buy the hets just for kicks.

The WW trait is weak, so that is probably why they died off .
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Thanks for the history on this. I found some very limited info on these guys in old posts, but nothing I could follow up on. I appreciate your input. This isn't stuff for the locality purist I guess, but it sounded like it could be a fun project.

Steve