Breeding Standards

[JodanOrNoDan]

The hobby already rates the animals.

Maybe it's not standardized by a committee, but it's there: the "JKobylka lines" and "Ralph Davis lines" and the "BHB lines"... or in the boa world "Gus Renfro lines" or "Russo lines." Stick around the hobby long enough and you start to learn where the quality is, purely based on the line names. And you see these lines drawing higher dollar amounts than others because people know they're proven and throw quality stock.

Why would you want to formalize it?

Because my direct from Ralph Davis phantom is the smallest and in my opinion ugliest phantom in my collection. I do not even know who the original breeder was for the phantom line I am working now but he is throwing babies I would rate near 10.