SUPER PINK - What morph?

moshirimon · 08-20-12, 08:45 AM

Hey guys got this girl in a trade a while back. I am more of a "normal" guy, but when it comes to boas i love hypos and pastels. So far this girl was a pastel in my eyes, but i have gotten MULTIPLE people telling me she's salmon/hypo because of her bowtie shaped saddles and colouration. I just don't think she's lacking enough dark/black pigment to be a hypo, especially on the tail.

Anybody wanna let me know what this mystery girl could be? She's absoloutely beautiful and when i saw her i had to have her

moshirimon · 08-20-12, 08:45 AM

sorry pics are coming, just uploading

moshirimon · 08-20-12, 08:48 AM

moshirimon · 08-20-12, 08:49 AM

Wildside · 08-20-12, 08:51 AM

Definitely not a hypo, I vote for pretty pastel

moshirimon · 08-20-12, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Wildside

Definitely not a hypo

My thoughts exactly. Although the saddles do resemble that of a hypo, she just doesnt cut it out to be one lol. Not sure what explains her colours though

Wildside · 08-20-12, 08:53 AM

What did you buy her as?

moshirimon · 08-20-12, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Wildside

What did you buy her as?

"High red"

The guy bred large pythons, burms, retics, etc.. this was his only boa and he said he had no interest for it. He told me she MIGHT be pastel.

I was almost sure she was pastel and i know there is no such thing as a "high red"

Either way she was beautiful!! I had to find someone that could properly take care of my retic and this guy seemed to have the giant pythons down. i traded my retic to the guy

Wildside · 08-20-12, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by moshirimon

"High red"

The guy bred large pythons, burms, retics, etc.. this was his only boa and he said he had no interest for it. He told me she MIGHT be pastel.

I was almost sure she was but i know there is not such thing as a "high red"

Either way she was beautiful!! I had to find someone that could properly take care of my retic and this guy seemed to have the giant pythons down. i traded my retic to the guy

There is no such thing as "might" be pastel. Pastel is a line bred trait. She looks like she very well may be from a great line of pastels and was probably traded to him for something. Unfortunately he seems to be one of those people who just doesn't care, so you'll never know. I think if you're gonna breed her you oughtta put her with a pattern morph.

moshirimon · 08-20-12, 09:04 AM

I know wildside. She is a real beauty just want to get some opinions on what people think she is. I"ve been told bowtie shaped, detatched saddles are textbook salmon indicators. I'm pretty sure i've seen bowtie detatched saddles in other boas as well though.

Rogue628 · 08-20-12, 10:02 AM

She's pretty regardless.

My girl has a lot of pink like that but she was sold to me as a normal and I've never thought her to be anything else. But I also know without knowing her lineage its almost impossible to know what she is. I don't care. She's a pretty well tempered animal.

BarelyBreathing · 08-20-12, 10:28 AM

My vote is for pastel.

rmfsnakes32 · 08-20-12, 11:14 AM

She looks like my columbian red tail boa who is double het for pink salmon and het for hypo

Wildside · 08-20-12, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by rmfsnakes32

She looks like my columbian red tail boa who is double het for pink salmon and het for hypo

They can't be het for hypo. Hypo is a homozygous trait and after a little more research "Salmon" which are more orange and are line bred. Somebody who knows what they're talking about once said "All Salmon's are hypos but not all hypos are salmon", hopefully this helps.

Also Moshirimon there are hypos called "Redline" but no "High Red's" that I've ever heard of.

moshirimon · 08-20-12, 11:52 AM

Rogue I have seen normals turn pretty pink as well but none like this girl.

BarelyBreathing I agree

Rmf can I see a pic of your boa?

Wildeside I know about the red line hypos and it doesn't match. I just can't see her being a hypo