Striped tails

[C. hortulanus bites]

I know that striping can be caused by low incubation temperatures in egg laying snakes, but I was wondering if it were a genetic trait in boas or if it too is due to temp.? My friend has a beautiful male BCI with a reverse stripe down the tail (creamy/white down the center with red on the sides) and I own a female from the same clutch (his sister [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]). If it were genetic my snake may be Het. for striped tails right? And if we breed them together we have a greater chance for the trait. Cool! Does anyone know? [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]
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	Boa Constrictor Imperator Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor imperator). Most common is the Colombian Boa.

	Heterozygous Heterozygous - the animal carries the gene for a genetic trait but does not outwardly demonstrate the trait. Example: A boa that is het for albino looks normal but carries the albino gene. When it is bred to another het for albino boa or an albino boa, a percentage of the offspring will be albino.

[C. hortulanus bites]

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[Vegetatoboaotaku]

Both, it can be do to temps or is genetic. I think more people believe striping to be do to temps when in many cases it's actually genetic. Really low/high temps would result in lots of other problems (deformities/stillborns) in addition to the abbarent patterning.
So it's probably genetic...
But it must be proven with breeding to be absolutely positive. In your case if the female is het then 50% of the babies will be striped and the other half we be all het for the trait. But most (not all) pattern abbarancy genes that prove genetic are co-dominent, which probably is the case here as well. Assuming that, you will get the same ratio of striped to normal appearing offspring and the differenece would be that the normals would not be het, just plain old normals.
On another note, once everyone realizes that there are so many geneticly striped boas running around that prices will drop close to that of a &quot;normal&quot; (happening as we speak) and then it won't matter all that much anyway.

So yeah...
And remember the smell of baby boas in the morning is to die for...
So once you produce once there is no turning back.


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	Heterozygous Heterozygous - the animal carries the gene for a genetic trait but does not outwardly demonstrate the trait. Example: A boa that is het for albino looks normal but carries the albino gene. When it is bred to another het for albino boa or an albino boa, a percentage of the offspring will be albino.

[C. hortulanus bites]

Thanx for the info Veg. No breeding yet, our snakes are only a little over 3 months, couple more years to find out if it is genetic, just wanting to find out if it'd be possible to pass on the trait. He's a beautiful creature, gotta get some pics of them up here. Definitely would not breed for the money I could get for the offspring especially the stripped ones. Just so I could have one of my own, the rest would make great gifts [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] .

-Jon

0.1 Colombian BCI
0.0.1 Brazilian rainbow
0.0.1 Black Mexican king


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	Boa Constrictor Imperator Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor imperator). Most common is the Colombian Boa.

	Female Female

[JuliusSqueezer]

I still think that most tail striping is due to low incubation temps...and novice breeders, breed again and do everything the same way and supposedly &quot;prove&quot; it as genetic when all they really did was repeat bad husbandry. Full body striping is another story entirely though....that is usually genetic...just my opinion from observations I have seen going on. I have not done any lengthy research on this.
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[Drax]

first i'd like to say that i'm not an expert on breeding, i just have read what others at the site say on the subject.

now in your case, since your snake and your friend's are litter mates then make sure to tell anyone who buys the babies that the parent's of his/her snake are brother and sister. the more inbreeding of a genetic line, the more likely defomities will arise. as far as i've read, breeding one generation (two siblings from a litter where the parents were not related) is alright, but when you breed those offspring together or to either parent there is an increase in the chance of defomities carried over into that litter's genes.
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[Voodoo]

Okay, so on my BP with an almost complete stripe down her back (it breaks in 3 places near her tail), would her stripe be genetic or incubation?


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	Ball Python The Ball Python (Python regius), also known as the Royal Python, is a ground dwelling snake native to the savannahs and rain forests in western Africa, predominatly the countries of Ghana, Togo, and Benin.

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