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A big pile of paradox
- Thread starter toyah
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snakemom1961
Spring is here!
Awesome looking snakes! Their eyes and tongues are very intriguing.
toyah
Snakes in designer genes
Thanks guys 
Nope - dad has nothing unusual looking about him at all. Odd that he's sired three of these though!
Nope - dad has nothing unusual looking about him at all. Odd that he's sired three of these though!
RavenSpirit360
Mitakuye Oyasin
WOW!!!!!! That word describes it all.. Holy crap..!!! Their eyes are amazing, and their color beautiful, the tongue,... WOW, Just WOW!!!
RobbiesCornField
Bring it on.
I hate you, at the moment. At least until you decide to send one of these beauties my way.
Just kidding, I don't hate you. But they're GORGEOUS! I love their speckely little tongues!!!
Just kidding, I don't hate you. But they're GORGEOUS! I love their speckely little tongues!!!
Iguanagirl8662
Katie
I LOVE the one with the most black but they are all stunning! Nice pictures.
toyah
Snakes in designer genes
Thanks Nanci - but they're not mine, I was just asked to take some photos of them. I am not a boa person at all, but these are pretty interesting guys.
I don't know. I mean - the actual paradoxical colouring can't be genetic, as such (like, dominant/recessive). But the tendancy towards paradox colouring can be inherited - it is in sand boas. One male siring three paradoxes does seem very unlikely, unless it has an inherited component ... but we shall see once they're big enough for breeding trials to be done.
Kokopelli
Resident Boa Fanatic
What people sometimes forget is that we can't really say that any given morph originates from a single gene... as the genetic passed on is in the form of chromosomes, each of which holds a multitude of genes. For all we know, all morphs are the product of several genes all sitting on the same chromosome, rather than just one gene- I think that the paradox is the result of a chromosome with the albino trait only that some melanin production was possible before it kicked in completely...
In short, we have barely begun to scratch the surface... it is however likely that if you breed paradoxes together, you raise your chances of seeing more of them... but there are no guarantees.
In short, we have barely begun to scratch the surface... it is however likely that if you breed paradoxes together, you raise your chances of seeing more of them... but there are no guarantees.
