Is this het for something?

[elijah_f]

I have a 6 ft. female colombian red tail boa bci, and she looks like she's pastel or het for something. I was wondering if anybody knew, just by looking at her, if she is a ph?

 

[Koverton91]

Looks pastel, nice color... next time don't post in the classifieds section though....

 

[allreptiles1966]

One way to find out is to breed it with a triple het male.
Good luck

 

[AbsoluteApril]

I've moved this thread to the discussion forums.

Boas don't really have 'markers' like some hets you may see in BPs or whatever, so there's no real way to tell. That's why they are 'het' - the genes are hidden/masked/overrriden by the normal genetics. The only thing I've seen are some het albino/anery get random white scales (you'll see some people post 'calico type' and usually also that they are het) but it's very random, none of my hets have those white scales.

hope that helps.

 

[elijah_f]

sorry about the post, I'm new and still figuring out how to use this site. Thanks for the comments and i know that het is recessive and isn't usually a visual thing unless you breed it with another het for the same thing (albino x albino = albino) but i have seen some snakes that are het for something and display a different shade of color on part of their body. Thanks for all the comments.

 

[crotalusadamanteus]

Looks het for Colombian to me.

Seriously though, I refer you to Aprils post.

 

[allreptiles1966]

I've moved this thread to the discussion forums.

Boas don't really have 'markers' like some hets you may see in BPs or whatever, so there's no real way to tell. That's why they are 'het' - the genes are hidden/masked/overrriden by the normal genetics. The only thing I've seen are some het albino/anery get random white scales (you'll see some people post 'calico type' and usually also that they are het) but it's very random, none of my hets have those white scales.

hope that helps.

I always wondered why 2 of my het albino's have those white scales.