well my friend, i dont know why you feel the boas to be a bad example, because what you say eliminates my point. they have been called hypo for many years. they are accepted as hypo to most of the snake world, BUT.....the contemporary school of thought says they are not hypo. so, if my point was, there is no consensus as to what is "hypo" then the boa is a sterling example of that, wouldn't you agree? of course, there will be others come behind me and say i am incorrect, but in the opinion of chuck hurd, your cotton is a hypo because it clearly lighter then a average cotton and therefor necessarily lacks some of the dark pigments. now, i would agree there are varying degrees of hypo and yours is not as hypo as the one dan posted, but still hypo none the less. now, the morph naming council will not see it that way, i understand that...but again back to my original point, there is no absolute. its a more a matter of opinion then a science.

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• HEART BREAKER - Oxyrhopus, Mon Nov 10 12:00:59 2008
• RE: HEART BREAKER - yasin1, Mon Nov 10 12:45:21 2008
• RE: HEART BREAKER - indictment, Tue Nov 11 00:45:13 2008
• RE: HEART BREAKER - tokaysrnice, Tue Nov 11 15:00:02 2008
• RE: HEART BREAKER - SurfinSerpents, Thu Nov 13 22:07:29 2008
• RE: HEART BREAKER - bthacker, Fri Nov 14 02:13:50 2008
• RE: HEART BREAKER - snakemaster24, Fri Nov 14 16:28:26 2008
• RE: HEART BREAKER - FLAohHerper, Sat Nov 15 08:04:13 2008
• possibly "albino" - chuckhurd, Sat Nov 15 13:32:16 2008
• Looks like a hypo... - Upscale, Sat Nov 15 14:52:38 2008
• RE: Looks like a hypo... - Oxyrhopus, Sat Nov 15 20:54:40 2008
• RE: Looks like a hypo... - wstreps, Sat Nov 15 21:18:04 2008
• RE: Looks like a hypo... - Oxyrhopus, Sun Nov 16 00:23:05 2008
• More cottons: - Oxyrhopus, Sun Nov 16 00:41:32 2008
• And these: - Oxyrhopus, Sun Nov 16 00:42:38 2008
• RE: More cottons: - Upscale, Sun Nov 16 08:05:50 2008
• RE: Looks like a hypo... - wstreps, Sun Nov 16 00:55:17 2008
• RE: Looks like a hypo... - Oxyrhopus, Sun Nov 16 03:23:13 2008
• Double check those snakes - chuckhurd, Sun Nov 16 08:01:41 2008
• RE: Double check those snakes - Oxyrhopus, Sun Nov 16 12:51:27 2008
• email me - chuckhurd, Sun Nov 16 12:59:48 2008
• RE: Looks like a hypo... - wstreps, Sun Nov 16 11:10:35 2008
• RE: Looks like a hypo... - Oxyrhopus, Sun Nov 16 13:02:37 2008
• The science of morphs, or lack there of - chuckhurd, Sun Nov 16 13:19:27 2008
• RE: The science of morphs, or lack there of - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Sun Nov 16 14:17:48 2008
• RE: The science of morphs, or lack there of - chuckhurd, Sun Nov 16 14:52:08 2008
• RE: The science of morphs, or lack there of - Oxyrhopus, Sun Nov 16 14:55:06 2008
• not much snake hunting on this trip. =) - chuckhurd, Sun Nov 16 15:04:53 2008
• RE: not much snake hunting on this trip. =) - Oxyrhopus, Sun Nov 16 16:28:59 2008
• RE: not much snake hunting on this trip. =) - SurfinSerpents, Sun Nov 16 17:14:55 2008
• a bad example? i think not !!! - chuckhurd, Sun Nov 16 17:36:43 2008
• RE: a bad example? i think not !!! - SurfinSerpents, Sun Nov 16 18:15:24 2008
• HAHA!!! - bthacker, Sun Nov 16 18:28:53 2008