Hypo or Sunglow?

promdom · 09-19-12, 09:40 AM

I purchased this snake at an expo on saturday. the container said hypo 100% het albino but the guy i bought it off wrote sunglow on the card, i would like to have some other more experienced boa keepers opinions about whether she is hypo or sunglow, she looks hypo to me though. thanks.

Dan

Wildside · 09-19-12, 09:53 AM

That is a very nice hypo.

Sunglow is an albino morph that comes from a pairing of Hypo het Albino x Albino. Sunglows look like albinos because that's what they are. Your snake doesn't look albino but it's definitely a hypo. Am I making any sense at all?

Your snake's parent that was Albino may have been a Sunglow Albino.

SnakeyJay · 09-19-12, 10:26 AM

Very nice hypo you've got there mate.

BarelyBreathing · 09-19-12, 12:05 PM

It's a hypo. This is a sunglow:

promdom · 09-19-12, 01:51 PM

thanks for the replies. im baffled to why the guy wrote sunglow on the card but oh well know i can make my own sunglows!! and her colours are gorgeous

lumpbump · 10-10-12, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by promdom

thanks for the replies. im baffled to why the guy wrote sunglow on the card but oh well know i can make my own sunglows!! and her colours are gorgeous

Did the card have DH in front of sunglow like DH sunglow and you didnt know what DH means?

promdom · 10-12-12, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by lumpbump

Did the card have DH in front of sunglow like DH sunglow and you didnt know what DH means?

yaa the container it was in at the expo said hypo het albino but on the card he wrote DH sunglow, and yes i don't know what DH means

BarelyBreathing · 10-12-12, 01:27 PM

DH means double het. So it carries both of the genes to make sunglow, but it isn't a sunglow. It's a hypo het for albino.

Terranaut · 10-12-12, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BarelyBreathing

DH means double het. So it carries both of the genes to make sunglow, but it isn't a sunglow. It's a hypo het for albino.

Ding ding ding. We have a winner!!
This will give you sunglows.
I copied this from somewhere but can't remember where.
It is listed from least likely to make sunglows to most likely.

hypo het albino x normal het albino
hypo het albino x albino
hypo het albino x hypo het albino
super hypo het albino x normal het albino
super hypo het albino x albino
super hypo het albino x super hypo het albino
sunglow x albino
super sunglow x albino
super sunglow x sunglow
sunglow x sunglow
super sunglow x super sunglow

I have a female sunglow paired to a normal(pastel) that is supposed to be het albino but we shall see.