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Jungle? or Hog Island

amw422

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Just got this boy in last night, came in a "misc lot" if you will... corn snakes, rosy boa, albino red tail, ball python and a king snake... none the less, the guy I got him from says he is Jungle boa, however I really want to say he is Hog Island... either way he is a gorgeous boy, need to get him to calm down a bit, still a bit on the jumpy side but gorgeous. Just really not sure on the jungle.
If anyone could weigh in that would be great. I will be posting in the corn snake, king snake and rosy boa area too as I know nothing about their morphs lol.
 

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I don't see any jungle or hog island there, but from what I can tell in the picture you got a hypo boa. Nice looking one too. :thumbsup:
 
Thanks guys... I wasnt a hundred percent on what he was, but was also pretty sure he wasnt a jungle.
Now my ignorance is going to shine... what exactly constitutes a hypo? Originally I had plans (prior to getting him in, and thinking he was a jungle) to breed him out to an albino down the road, however I am no longer sure that is a possibility with the new genetics.

PS if I say I paid $40 for him would that mean I got a good deal? :)
 
amw422 said:
Thanks guys... I wasnt a hundred percent on what he was, but was also pretty sure he wasnt a jungle.
Now my ignorance is going to shine... what exactly constitutes a hypo? Originally I had plans (prior to getting him in, and thinking he was a jungle) to breed him out to an albino down the road, however I am no longer sure that is a possibility with the new genetics.

PS if I say I paid $40 for him would that mean I got a good deal? :)
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I dont believe you will prove out anything breeding an albino to a jungle or hypo (in this case hypo) unless maybe it's a het albino. If it is a het albino your probably better off with a hypo because I think you could get sunglows too.

It would of been cool to know exactly what your getting but from just looking at him I would say you did good at $40.
 
amw422 said:
Thanks guys... I wasnt a hundred percent on what he was, but was also pretty sure he wasnt a jungle.
Now my ignorance is going to shine... what exactly constitutes a hypo? Originally I had plans (prior to getting him in, and thinking he was a jungle) to breed him out to an albino down the road, however I am no longer sure that is a possibility with the new genetics.

PS if I say I paid $40 for him would that mean I got a good deal? :)
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A hypo is a reduced melamine(reduced black but not lacking it)
If you breed him to a albino and he proves out het for albino you will produce sunglows, albinos, hypo het albino and normals het albinos. If it doesn't prove out you will get hypos and normals 100% het for albino.
$40 is a good price.
 
JPCBoas said:
A hypo is a reduced melamine(reduced black but not lacking it)
If you breed him to a albino and he proves out het for albino you will produce sunglows, albinos, hypo het albino and normals het albinos. If it doesn't prove out you will get hypos and normals 100% het for albino.
$40 is a good price.
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melanin.

Melamine is a type of press board
 
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