Rainbow Boa Morphs....

[Rainbowsrus]

In response to a question on another forum, though you'd like to see this here as well....

Currently there are only a few proven rainbow boa Morphs.

Hypo (Hypomelanistic) a recessive trait in Brazilian Rainbow Boas that results in a very light colored animal with no black and a yellow to peachy color.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b237/rainbows-r-us/BRB/Male/Mickey%20Hypo/Mickey_20101017a.jpg

Anery (Anerythristic) A recessive trait in Brazilian Rainbow Boas that results in a dark animal with no red and white crescents.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b237/rainbows-r-us/BRB/Female/Tawney%20anery/Tawny_Popeye_02_16_2010a.jpg

Both Brazilian and Colombian have their own strain of Albino. Not "proven" yet in BRB biut I believe they are being produced in Colombians.

Ghost - A recessive trait in Colombian Rainbow Boas. results in light gray CRB.


Several traits in the proving stages:\

Pearl - Full crescent color side markings - believed to be either recessive or line bred.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b237/rainbows-r-us/BRB/Female/Pearl%20pearl%202/Pearl_20101017b.jpg

Candy Stripe - Brand new trait in Brazilian Rainbow Boas resulting in a hypo colored fully striped animal. Possibly a co-dominant trait.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b237/rainbows-r-us/BRB/2011%20babies/Zoe%20x%20Ziggy/Zoltan_Zeus_Zena_20111130wb.jpg

Zebra striped - a stripe that came out of the Pearls where the dorsal markings blend with the lateral markings.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b237/rainbows-r-us/BRB/Female/Giselle/Giselle_20121216b.jpg

Aby (Aberrant) line - a third line of stripes where the side markings are conjoined into stripes.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b237/rainbows-r-us/BRB/Female/Brandi/Brandi_20111212a.jpg


I'm sure I've missed some, feel free to add to the list....

[alessia55]

love love LOVE the candy stripe. I mean, LOVE. I bet those babies are pricey though!!

[Strutter769]

So there is currently no known leucistic BRAZILIAN Rainbow Boa, correct? I've seen what was described as a "Lucy" Colombian Rainbow, but no Brazilian.

What "morphs combination" creates a Lucy?

[BarelyBreathing]

Holy cow. Where can I get my hands on a candy stripe?

[Strutter769]

Holy cow. Where can I get my hands on a candy stripe?

Pretty sure those are NFS at the moment.

[snakehill]

Love, love, love them all!!!:)

[Gungirl]

The Candy strip are the only ones that grab my eye, they are stunning. I love the tire tracks down their spine!

[Hillsberry]

The candy stripe is amazing!

[Snakesitter]

So there is currently no known leucistic BRAZILIAN Rainbow Boa, correct? I've seen what was described as a "Lucy" Colombian Rainbow, but no Brazilian

No, there are not. Albinos Brazilians are in the development/proving stage, however.

[Rainbowsrus]

Holy cow. Where can I get my hands on a candy stripe?

They came out of a dorsal stripe project of mine that went insane. I bought a 1.1 pair from a litter that showed some degree of dorsal striping (simple connecting of dorsal patterns only), raised them up and bred them together to see of more dorsal stripes like the parents had would be produced and not only did I get babies like the parents, I got four with the amazing "Candy stripe" pattern/color. At this time I believe the trait is Co-Dominant with the normal stripe being the heterzygous expression of the trait.

None are for sale at this time, I need to work on the project for a few years before any will be available.

[Swany]

They came out of a dorsal stripe project of mine that went insane. I bought a 1.1 pair from a litter that showed some degree of dorsal striping (simple connecting of dorsal patterns only), raised them up and bred them together to see of more dorsal stripes like the parents had would be produced and not only did I get babies like the parents, I got four with the amazing "Candy stripe" pattern/color. At this time I believe the trait is Co-Dominant with the normal stripe being the heterzygous expression of the trait.

None are for sale at this time, I need to work on the project for a few years before any will be available.

Doesn't breeding siblings cause problems ? I'm new to snake keeping and know nothing about breeding

[BarelyBreathing]

They came out of a dorsal stripe project of mine that went insane. I bought a 1.1 pair from a litter that showed some degree of dorsal striping (simple connecting of dorsal patterns only), raised them up and bred them together to see of more dorsal stripes like the parents had would be produced and not only did I get babies like the parents, I got four with the amazing "Candy stripe" pattern/color. At this time I believe the trait is Co-Dominant with the normal stripe being the heterzygous expression of the trait.

None are for sale at this time, I need to work on the project for a few years before any will be available.

If you want to part with any of them, let me know.

[Rainbowsrus]

Doesn't breeding siblings cause problems ? I'm new to snake keeping and know nothing about breeding

Inbreeding can cause problems. More with higher order species like Mammals. Reptiles are a much lower order species and less prone to difficulties from inbreeding. Simply put there are significantly fewer gene pairs to go wrong. Not that I would ever recommend it, there is a boa breeder that is up to F5 and F6 with no noted problems. Unrelated animals are F1 breeding two siblings result in F2's, breeding those F2's make F3's and so on.

Part of my work over the next couple of generations will be outcrossing to unrelated animals to keep the babies strong and healthy.

[Swany]

Inbreeding can cause problems. More with higher order species like Mammals. Reptiles are a much lower order species and less prone to difficulties from inbreeding. Simply put there are significantly fewer gene pairs to go wrong. Not that I would ever recommend it, there is a boa breeder that is up to F5 and F6 with no noted problems. Unrelated animals are F1 breeding two siblings result in F2's, breeding those F2's make F3's and so on.

Part of my work over the next couple of generations will be outcrossing to unrelated animals to keep the babies strong and healthy.

As I said I really know nothing about snakes, I know it causes problems in mammals. Thanks for the explanation. Much appreciated.

Cheers

[Rogue628]

A candy stripe is now on my wish list :D

I have a few years to save up for it lol

[red ink]

I had to look up what a "normal" BRB looks like and I must say... those hypos are stunning.

[DragonsEye]

Some gorgeous snakes there. I would have to chime in, as did so many others, that the candy stripe is my favorite.

[Snakesitter]

Good post, Dave.

In addition to the hypos and aneries listed above, a few ghosts (= hypo plus anery) were produced last year.

In development are albino (pure white) and calico (variable white coverage, often in patches).

High red and high orange animals have been produced, but these have not yet been tied to specific genes….it’s still in the “line bred” arena. Yellow is sought but not well established.

In addition to the traditional morphs, there have been numerous variants on top and side patterns attempted, some with more stability than others. For top patterns, there are linked spots and striped (as Dave shared); for side patterns, there are pearls (no black in the dot, as Dave shared), bullseyes (where the crescent has become a full circle around a black center), and eclipses (where the dot is all black). Other variants exist in both patterns. None, I would say, are completely proven yet.

As a friendly caution, buyers should beware of morph claims until you do some research. I have seen vendors advertise individual animals as “new morphs,” often without the breeding trials to prove such a claim.

Cheers,