hypo female

[sheldon]

Here is a 2004 hypo

[capsicum]

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...very pretty

TK

[bighillreptiles]

looks verry close to one of mine ,verry nice beautiful pink coulor on him or her

[Invictus]

Ummm... that looks like a normal to me.

[MormonBoa]

yeah, i see it too, there is too much black in the tail. maybe a pastel, but not a hypo

[chappy]

I agree with MormonBoa, that looks like a pastel to me. Whatever it is though that's a nice boa.

[HeRpZ03]

pastel or hypo, it's still a great lookin boa

[Stav.T]

Who sold it to you?

[sheldon]

here's a pic of the tail. Let me know

[sheldon]

It's a female,I got 2 100% hets here and the tails are very different and I never seen a pastel like that?I am sure its a hypo
let me know what you think!

[sheldon]

Thanks for the comments,normal ??????If its normal, most pics I see of boas are much different hummm.I'm not new at this.Over 10 years now.What do you call a hypo then?

[HetForHuman]

Hypo meaning Hypomelanistic means lacking or a reduction in black or brown pigment on the animal.

Hypo usually is called a salmon boa, but the salmon term was coined by Rich Isle of www.salmonboa.com

Here is my "hypo" salmon


See how the black is pretty much all gone. Now there are some that have a bit of dark pigment left, but you can deffinitely still tell the difference in my opinion.

Yours looks more like a normal to me as well, but a very very nice lookin one.

[ChunkyMunky]

IMO, hypo/salmons' tails are more pinkish/peachy than red, often outlined with yellow/white. See how your boa's tail has the black outline ? Salmons/hypos tails are very distinctive, like this.



See the difference? I'd say you have a pastel. Not much of a price difference from a low grade hypo so you didnt get ripped off to bad.

[Linds]

Originally posted by sheldon
If its normal, most pics I see of boas are much different hummm.I'm not new at this.Over 10 years now.What do you call a hypo then?

The reason that most pics look quite different is it is hard to find very nice normals, most Colombians out there end up being quite dark and dingy looking as they mature. Ideally, only the last 4 saddles on the tail should have any black in a hypo. Click <a href="http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53623">here</a> for some very nice 'pastels' belonging to Jared Douglas. Not hypos, just 'souped up' normals. Your snake is VERY nice, but not a hypo. Finding a deserving mate will be quite a task!

[Invictus]

Your snake is absolutely a pastel. It fits the description Jeff Ronne gave for pastels to the letter. Certainly not a co-domainant hypo boa though. I'm curious as to who sold it to you as a "hypo" as well.