Boa morphs/breeding advice needed

[Evenstar]

I agree with Jason. The male looks normal - althought it is possible there is some low-expression jungle going on with those wacky saddle patterns. More pics might clear that up. Some normals can look fairly pinkish, but your boy has too much black/grey tones to be a hypo. Just my thoughts on that. I think pairing him with a jungle, hypo jungle, or maybe a squaretail would be your best choice for him. Although if you have the financial means, consider an aztec.... wow.

Doing the jungle pairing will get you normals and jungles - possible high expression jungles if, indeed, your boy is a low-expression jungle himself. A hypo jungle will get you both normal and hypo jungles. Should be the same odds for the squaretail and aztec, so if you go this route, choose the morph you like best.

Het Albino from F1 Het Sunglow x F1 Sunglow with "litter sires" F2 Sunglow, Albino Jeff Gee line.

This means that your het Albino girl is the product of a hypo male that is het for albino (ie: het sunglow) and a female Sunglow. Jeff Gee is the bloodline these snakes originated from (probably the breeder that did the original pairing). F1 and F2 are the generations - first generation, second generation, etc. In other words and in more simple terms, you have a normal female that is 100% het for albino with documented bloodline.

I also agree with Jason that I would put her with a multi-gene albino male. A jungle sunglow would be nice because you'd produce hypo jungles, jungle sunglows, and albinos in one litter.

A jungle sunglow paired with your hypo girl (who is very nice btw), will only produce more hypos, possible super hypos, and hypo jungles. The bonus here is that every baby would be 100% het for albino. I would probably do this as you can get a jump start on producing jungle sunglows with this female as well and you can use the same male with both of your females thereby saving some $$. Pick up a super nice jungle sunglow male - bright colors, high-expression jungle pattern, and you won't go wrong with either female.


Hypomelanism is a co-dominant gene. More accurately, it is incomplete dominant. Meaning that hypo will be dominant, but even in a hypo x hypo pairing, normal offspring are still a possibility. A snake cannot be "het" for hypo. If it has the gene, it will be expressed. A hypo x hypo pairing can also produce a "super hypo" - a particularly clean patterned and vividly colored animal that can only produce hypos - because that is the only gene it can pass on. Super hypos are nearly impossible to tell from a regular hypo and should only be described as "possible super" until the animal is bred and every baby is hypo.

Jungle is dominant. It will express over normal, but there is no known super as far as I know.

Albino is simple recessive. An animal must inherit a copy of the gene from both parents in order to express it. If one animal is albino, but the other parent is not, the babies will all be het albino but unable to express the gene themselves. They can pass on either a normal gene or an albino gene to their own offspring. If you pair a het albino to an albino, theoretically, you will get both albino and 100% het for albino babies.

Hope this helps you!