What kind of boa did I buy? PICS

[navyfc117]

I am not sure if any of you remember me or not but a few months back i bought an albino and het. I hd to sell them because I got orders to go to Hawaii. Well the orders ended up going away so I am staying in the states and am back into the hobby. I put in a order on king snake and got a nice albino male with a lot of red, and a female het. I will post pics when they arrive. Today I went to a local pet store and asked if they had any hets. They pulled this female out and I knew i could not leave without it. I know it is a hypo but compared to other hypos it looks way different. I don't have any pics of the eyes right now but i wish i did. The head is a different color than the body. The body is tannish and the head is dark grey and light grey. The pics really do not do her justice i don't think. She has a lot of orange on her sides and belly. She comes with paper work that says she is 60%? het albino and some percent super. I am not sure what super is but I am going to look it up sometime tonight. I can't wait to see what kind of babies her and the albino i have will make here in a couple of years. Thanks for looking and I appreciate all the input you can give me. I will try to get some better pics later. These are just some that i took while in the store.

[Shadrach]

Wicked saddles on that beauty.

[_Sam_]

I dunno what she is, but I know she's gorgeous! ditto on the wicked saddles!

[spix14]

That is a fantastic looking snake. I love all that white edging on the tail! No clue what's going on in her gene pool but she sure looks like a good find to me!

[LukaTisus]

Looks like an Abberent patterened Salmon, to me.. *head-tilt* I'm not too familiar with Boa morphs, but it's definetely a looker!

	Morph A morph is a color or pattern variation that is proven to be genetic. Common morphs include albino, anerythristic, gentically striped, Hypomelanistic, and many others. Morphs also include combinations of simple traits such as "Sunglow" which is Albino and Hypomelanistic. These traits may be recessive traits, co-dominant traits, dominant traits, or created through selective breeding (ie Pastel).

[navyfc117]

never heard of that kind, i am excited to get some pics of its eyes. they are a solid color instead of the three tone that most boas have. Almost makes me think it may be blind but i dont think that is the case. the flash on the camera made the head look a lot lighter than in person.

thanks for all the fast replies as usual on this awesome A+++ sight

[navyfc117]

Originally Posted by LukaTisus

Looks like an Abberent patterened Salmon, to me.. *head-tilt* I'm not too familiar with Boa morphs, but it's definetely a looker!

I looked at a lot of salmons and i do notice the grey head and tan bodys on them. Wonder why they called it a hypo on the papers?

	Hypomelanistic Hypomelanistic - a genetic reduction in the dark pigment Melanin.

	Morph A morph is a color or pattern variation that is proven to be genetic. Common morphs include albino, anerythristic, gentically striped, Hypomelanistic, and many others. Morphs also include combinations of simple traits such as "Sunglow" which is Albino and Hypomelanistic. These traits may be recessive traits, co-dominant traits, dominant traits, or created through selective breeding (ie Pastel).

[LukaTisus]

Originally Posted by navyfc117

I looked at a lot of salmons and i do notice the grey head and tan bodys on them. Wonder why they called it a hypo on the papers?

Salmons and Hypos are the same thing, just a different genetic line.. kind of like the Kahl strain, and Sharp strain albino boas.

So technically your snake is a hypo, just looks closer to the salmon line, to me.

	Hypomelanistic Hypomelanistic - a genetic reduction in the dark pigment Melanin.

[ilovemylizard]

Looks like a nice hypo...the terms 'hypo' and 'salmon' are somewhat interchangeable....

The "60%" is most likely 66% possible double