In general terms, most of the
Bcc X
Morph crosses will be accurately represented as such, because in being crosses they hold a higher value. And there is no doubt at all that there is some muddling of the line in almost any
morph boa nowadays. Circle backs and ladder tails occur within
Bci as well as
Bcc ranges in the wild. The thin bowtie saddles you refer to in
hypos are without a doubt related to the gene that makes them different from the wild-type boa, and not from a line bred trait, as True Panamanian and Central American
hypos imported directly from the wild have them, and direct f1 offspring from those wild caught animals will almost always carry the trait.
Incidentally, if you want to make
hypos without those telltale bowties, I would recommend using an orange-tail over a salmon, as the salmon line seems to have more influence to produce the bowties. This is my experience with breeding a certain female with both lines. Many of the orange-tail
hypos from the first time I bred her, came out with very blocky patterns, similar to their mom. But when I bred a salmon
hypo to her, all the
hypo babies had very distinct bowties.
As far as I know there is NO
Bcc anywhere in the Jungle lineage, and if someone were to make this cross it would surely be labeled as such. But even if there is
Bcc in the line the jungle trait is definitely proven dominant, and not line bred.
LOTS of origins of so called pastel lines are surely the product of
Bci and
Bcc crosses that made their way into the pet trade, labeled only as normals, Colombians, or just generic red tails with no past history. There are some known and proven pastel lines as well that I believe have a foundation in
Bcc, but there is and will be no way to prove it, so we go with what we know.
My .02.....
Jesse Van Atta
