Normal (wild type) and line bred normal boas
Normal boas are not all the same. Depending on where they were found they can have different colours patterns and even sizes. These are also called locality boas and are best kept away from morphs or other localities.
These include Hog Island, Nicaraguan etc. We will get to the “Red tail” localities and other species later.
Polygenic traits are not morphs so they fall under “normal” boas.
These include pastel which can be Russo red pastel, RC pastel, Orange pastel, Kubsch pastel, Abby pastel, Summit pastel, Pastel dream, EBV pastel etc.
Pastel as described by Morphmarket are “A Boa that has an odd overall wash lacking the normal amount of black and a reduction in black pigmentation in particular throughout the pattern. This is particularly apparent in babies, which have the same kind of washed out pattern as Hypos. The saddles as well as the side blotches have less black than ” normal “. These snakes are “clean” between the saddles and are pale but often brightening the reds, yellows and pinks.
You cannot get “het pastel” and once it has been crossed with another animal that is not that line of pastel it is usually “lost”. Some have shown up nicely in Pastel salmon and Pastel albinos but some just fade away.
Just like “Monster tails” which originate from Jeff Ronne these snakes have big bold tail saddles but also cannot be sold as “het monster tail”. Once again just line bred snakes.
The risk of line breeding is you have to keep breeding brothers and sisters and mothers and sons to keep refining it. Just because you bred one pretty boa that does not mean it is a pastel and you have to breed at least 2 or 3 generations before you can make this claim.
These can be added to morphs but then they have to be refined once again by inbreeding.
