TheGaboonViper
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I was looking on my local craigslist classifieds and saw this boa, shes said to be only a Colombian hypo but her saddle pattern and tail imply otherwise in my opinion but what do you guys think she is?
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What morph is this?
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JPCBoas
New member
not a hypo
TheGaboonViper
Member
Thats what i was thinking, the tail almost makes me think of motley or reverse stripe.
JPCBoas
New member
Not a Motley or reverse stripe either. Tough to say weather it is a local or a mixed. It is a very nice looking snake what ever it's genetics are.
TheGaboonViper
Member
Hah now im seeing an arabesque like tail...maybe ill pick this girl up and see what she turns out to be.
klingie83
New member
Tail defiantly looks arabesque to me too!
hhmoore
tired & cranky shadow
She's not an arabesque, either....and not quite a circleback. I have seen some speculation that circlebacks (and near circlebacks) come from arabesque lines, though.
JCCS
Well-known member
It's a normal. Neat looking, but normal nonetheless.
Chris
Chris
nice normal, I've seen the same ladder tail type come a lot in Central American boas. I had one on a loan here a long time ago that looked very much like that one, I don't have the photos handy as they are actual photos back when cameras had film LOL
TheGaboonViper
Member
Could this be a keltic???
TheGaboonViper
Member
hhmoore
tired & cranky shadow
That is very different from the images you posted before.
I had to look up what the heck a Keltic was, found this description on another site "Originally named Czech lined Arabesque. There was believed to have been a super born in 2012, although more breedings are needed to confirm if there is in fact a super (homozygous) form of the morph."
Boas are highly variable and circle back/ladder tail type patterns are not totally un-common, while the general likeness to the arab and/or keltic is seen in the pattern, that doesn't mean it is that morph.
Just comparing the two pics you posted, you'll notice the 'keltic' (you'll have to pardon me but I am rather wary of quite a few of these European morphs, doesn't mean they aren't a morph, just that I've seen ones touted as the next big thing not pan out the way they are hyped). ANYWAYS, the 'Keltic' has lines of lighter color that border the circleback pattern, the saddles do not extend down into the lateral pattern. The boa you have does not display those traits.
You have a beautiful boa, please don't devalue your opinion of the animal simply because we are telling you it's a normal variation, CBLT could be hereditary in the general sense that babies from CBLTs are more likely to pass that trait along as with any trait a boa has (high pink, low speckles, etc).
good luck!
Boas are highly variable and circle back/ladder tail type patterns are not totally un-common, while the general likeness to the arab and/or keltic is seen in the pattern, that doesn't mean it is that morph.
Just comparing the two pics you posted, you'll notice the 'keltic' (you'll have to pardon me but I am rather wary of quite a few of these European morphs, doesn't mean they aren't a morph, just that I've seen ones touted as the next big thing not pan out the way they are hyped). ANYWAYS, the 'Keltic' has lines of lighter color that border the circleback pattern, the saddles do not extend down into the lateral pattern. The boa you have does not display those traits.
You have a beautiful boa, please don't devalue your opinion of the animal simply because we are telling you it's a normal variation, CBLT could be hereditary in the general sense that babies from CBLTs are more likely to pass that trait along as with any trait a boa has (high pink, low speckles, etc).
good luck!