Oreptico
Tony Orozco (Oreptico)
Greetings,
I was fortunate enough to have my first mating of Peruvian Long Tail Boas
AKA: Tumbes boas~ Longicauda.
I was also fortunate enough to have a litter of 8 for her first birthing.
What is amazing is that three of the 8 are reverse striped. I have been researching this for over a week now since they were born. There has been no striped version of a Longicauda that I have been able to identify in captive breeding yet. The closest was by Atomic Animals in France. In 2009, they came across the first patternless version of the subspecies. Germans reproduced an identical morph and called them Longicauda Zeros. In France, one atomic clutch produced an aberrant snake which was striped in design, but looks more to the patternless as it has little to no side markings. I contacted the breeder and he agrees what I have is unique. My snakes have obvious side markers and an obvious reverse pattern. I do not know if the parents were siblings or not, so more research and breeding will be needed to prove the line when bred to a normal and baby normal bred back years down the line. For now, I am just overjoyed that my Striped babies are not just my first successful litter of boas, but truly one of a kind.
Tony Orozco ~ Oreptico
I was fortunate enough to have my first mating of Peruvian Long Tail Boas
AKA: Tumbes boas~ Longicauda.
I was also fortunate enough to have a litter of 8 for her first birthing.
What is amazing is that three of the 8 are reverse striped. I have been researching this for over a week now since they were born. There has been no striped version of a Longicauda that I have been able to identify in captive breeding yet. The closest was by Atomic Animals in France. In 2009, they came across the first patternless version of the subspecies. Germans reproduced an identical morph and called them Longicauda Zeros. In France, one atomic clutch produced an aberrant snake which was striped in design, but looks more to the patternless as it has little to no side markings. I contacted the breeder and he agrees what I have is unique. My snakes have obvious side markers and an obvious reverse pattern. I do not know if the parents were siblings or not, so more research and breeding will be needed to prove the line when bred to a normal and baby normal bred back years down the line. For now, I am just overjoyed that my Striped babies are not just my first successful litter of boas, but truly one of a kind.
Tony Orozco ~ Oreptico
