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Boa morph?

Chip

Chip

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I recently traded some animals for 4 young Colombian boas. One of these things is not like the others. I'm guessing hypo, but I'm not a boa guy. Figured some people here would know.
Here's what the other three look like (give or take):
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That's one of the three, there's some color variation, but that one is "in the middle" and a good representation.

Here's the one that looks different:
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From memory, that's close to what a hypo boa looks like but the breeder didn't charge me any more for him. On my price sheets, hypos run about twice what a standard does. Maybe it's just a really cinnamon-colored normal, but I really don't think so. What say you?
 
I wouldn't say Hypo unless maybe it's a really, really low grade hypo...

Here's my Hypo:
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He has something going on, but what I don't know. Sort of reminds me of a Firebelly coloring. Is he in shed at all?
 
Thanks. To memory, the snake had recently shed. I've only owned one to adulthood, most I deal with for a short time until they sell. I've never seen one that looked like this one. I think it's pretty, but just for being different. Tempted to hold on to it and see where it is down the road.
 
I'll try to get some better photos, there's some pretty salmon coloring on the sides. The last thing I need is another "pet," but that's the only perk so far about owning a pet shop! This one's a little cage defensive, but he'll grow out of that.
 
Deffinatley not a hypo (aka salmon boa in some cases). If anything, it looks to be a nice pastel which is just a selectivley bred normal.
 
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I *believe* the four are siblings. Is that something that could just pop up?
 
I wouldn't be able to tell what "morph" that boa was from just a head shot Steph.

The "different" boa has lovely orange colouration, something that is very common in baby pastels. I have owned normal and pastel BCI's, the baby pastel was extremely colourful. Baby normals tend to be very grey/silverish with pink highlights that quickly fade as they brown out.

Picture of Estelle the Kubsch pastel... (from pure bloodlines)

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Estelle's sibling (one year older)

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And her dad

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As you will know, pastels lighten with age and are deffinatley dark, richly coloured babies.

Now in comparison to the OP's "different" boa, It's that rich rusty red saddle colouration that really stands out to me... And the almost complete lack of melanin which makes me suggest it's a pretty pastel. However time will tell...

Normal baby for comparison... low colour contrast... pretty dull by comparison actually.

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Tula_Montage said:
I wouldn't be able to tell what "morph" that boa was from just a head shot Steph.
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I don't need to be told what morph he was (is). I know what he was. The picture was for the op's benefit to show the light coloring and low melanin seen in Pastels.

Tula_Montage said:
The "different" boa has lovely orange colouration, something that is very common in baby pastels. I have owned normal and pastel BCI's, the baby pastel was extremely colourful. Baby normals tend to be very grey/silverish with pink highlights that quickly fade as they brown out.

As you will know, pastels lighten with age and are deffinatley dark, richly coloured babies.
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No, Pastels are not that dark as neonates, at least no lines I'm familiar with in the US. I will see if I can locate some neonate pictures of another Pastel I had (sold her with the male I posted) who is almost as nice of a Pastel as that male was. Yes, they lighten with age, but not that drastically. I wish I had neonate pictures of the male, but I bought him at 4', so he was well past his neonate coloring.

Tula_Montage said:
However time will tell...
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I agree.



Estelle & her Dad are very nice examples of Pastels...Though they seem to have quite a bit of melanin, I'm guessing it's from the line they are from (it's very flattering against their light coloring)?
 
I wasn't trying to tell you what he was or wasn't, merely stating that I couldn't possibly determin what he was from that picture alone if you hadn't said he was a pastel. I'd like to see any full body pictures in natural lighting perhaps?

The Kubusch line tends to hold a lot of menanin and deeeep pink/orange colouration. Very pretty boas, I wish my ex didn't have her. They are very dark babies and lighten up into unrecogniseable adults.

I am convinced the "different" boa is deffinatley not your bog standard normal. It's sooo colourful and has very very little melanin...
 
Tula_Montage said:
I'd like to see any full body pictures in natural lighting perhaps?
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Sorry, picture requests aren't possible as he was sold over the summer. I can see if I can find a full body shot of him, but the photo I posted is an accurate representation of his color. He had very, very, very little melanin (1/4 of the melanin of the Pastels you posted have). I might have a comparison shot of the female Pastel and her Normal sib somewhere here though.

Tula_Montage said:
I am convinced the "different" boa is deffinatley not your bog standard normal. It's sooo colourful and has very very little melanin...
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I agree that it's definitely not a standard Normal...Which is why I suggested to hold on to it for a few months to see how the color develops.
 
TripleMoonsExotic said:
I agree that it's definitely not a standard Normal...Which is why I suggested to hold on to it for a few months to see how the color develops.
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Oh deffinatley. A gorgeous boa regardless of what "morph" it is. Personally I think it's the elusive glitterybumfluffsparklepants morph.
 
Elle not all hypos are salmons.
There are two lines of hypo- Rich Ihle's and another person's name who I forgot... his line is called Orange tail.
I saw this general rule: Every Salmon is Hypo, not every Hypo is Salmon.
 
Kokopelli said:
Elle not all hypos are salmons.
There are two lines of hypo- Rich Ihle's and another person's name who I forgot... his line is called Orange tail.
I saw this general rule: Every Salmon is Hypo, not every Hypo is Salmon.
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I'm perfectly aware of that ;)
 
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