Scientific
Name: Boa constrictor imperator
Common Name: Boa Constrictor
Morph: Anerythristic
Genetics: Simple Recessive
These
are beautiful color mutations in the boa
constrictor........the anerythristic's lack
all yellow and red pigment, leaving a gorgeous
black, white and silver boa.......they are
the " Axanthics" of the boa world.........this
is how a SNOW BOA is produced...........by
breeding anerythristic x albino.........all
babies will be double heterozygous for SNOW........meaning
that the babies will be carrying two genes.........anery
and albino.............when breeding double
het for Snows together............1 out
of every 16 babies should be a Snow Boa.......I
produced a litter from a double het breeding
that produced 32 babies...........there
should have been 2 Snows at best............there
were 4 !!!!!!!!!!!..........in 2002 I produced
5 baby Snow boas from a litter of 18 babies??????............so
Mother Nature has a way of surprising us
sometimes.
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