I tend to enjoy "Mother Nature" colors and localities first and morphs second.
There is also a bit of a question as to what "normal" means. The Common BI, unless sold with locality data could be a mix if sorts. People refer to these snakes as Colombian BI (Formally BCI) but that isn't always the case.
You can have a normal boa that has been selectively bred from the most beautiful specimens taken from the wild and wind up with something like this.
That is my "Normal" Barranquilla, Colombian BI. Keep in mind he was younger there and the photo was snapped in direct sunlight. I would hate to see this "Common Colombian" line started by Gus Rentfro disappear. Luckily Legacy Reptiles works with this stock. I actually bought this snake from them when Mr. Rentfro was sold out.
He still looks good today at almost 4 years old.
There is some value in breeding normal to normal if you are maintaining a locality IMO. The people that I have seen that do this are not typically motivated as much by the $$ as they are the by the love and enjoyment of the species/locality of the boa.
When I was heavily into trialing protection dogs, we always talked about breeding. The big phrase that came up was always "What is this paring going to do to improve the breed?" You can apply it somewhat to any animal. If you are just pounding out litters of whatever to make a quick buck it doesn't matter what you have, as you are just breeding for the sake of breeding and hoping to score some money. If you are working on a line, or maintaining a line and are thinking about the species you are on to something. Habitat destruction could theoretically wipe out some of the most beautiful wild boas on the planet. Anybody breeding to keep boas like that around has my vote!
In the end different folks like different things and it is a personal choice to breed your animals as you see fit.
That was a mouthful and probably overly laced with personal opinion LOL!
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