Quote Originally Posted by Robyn@SYR View Post
You know I am a big fan Ed, such amazing animals.

I understand they are high dollar, no argument there. But what is the visual predictability in breeding them? Do they breed true, being that high white, or do you see variability? And do you have a method to look at babies and anticipate what they are going to look like as adults?

They would make for an expensive display animal, but I don't know that I could think of anything better!
Thank you guys for the nice comments
Robyn,
I know you are a big fan and with all your help you may be working on a free one
Amazon Basin Emerald Tree Boas have always been a pricey species from the get go. When they were being imported with the Northern's it was very minimum and they were expensive. 12 years ago the importation ceased so that did not help the species. My babies range in price from 1k on up depending on the amount of white they develop and they are the same price if not cheaper than they were in the 80's and 90's.
Yes they breed true and this was the first time an above average snowflake male was bred to a freak snowflake female. In the past it has always been one snowflake to a normal because the snowflake pattern is very hard to find. In the next few years i will be gearing my collection towards barb wire, snowflake and frosted basins.
After doing this for 26 years and watching several 100 babies change you can pretty much tell when one is a standout within a couple months of birth. Parents and genetics also play a huge role. Here is a first shed shot of one snowflake baby note they are normally red at birth this one was born green with a red head and red dots so it was an odd ball from start.
Ed Marino

This is what it looks like now!!