Rainbow Boa Morphs....

[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,