Striped Boa Litter

[Marc_N]

Hi, I'm new to the forum. I've been lurking for a while but thought it was about time I joined in!

Last week my female Striped Boa (from the Polish Zig Zag line) delivered her first litter of 18 babies after 101 days POS. I was also fortunate enough to witness the whole thing, 20mins from start to finish.

All of the babies had some form of connecting tail saddles, some with great stripes. Interestingly, 7 of the babies had a very light 'hypo' appearance which has been seen in this line before & therefore appears to be genetic.

Both of the parents had tail stripes, but neither had the 'hypo' appearance, therefore possibly het for 'hypo'??

Heres a picture of the adults mating in January......

http://www.reptilecrazy.co.uk/forum/uploads/member_pics/MarcN/BCI_CB03_Zigzag_Copulation_1_21.01.05.jpg

The female ovulating........

http://www.reptilecrazy.co.uk/forum/uploads/member_pics/MarcN/BCI_CB03_Zigzag_Female_Ovulation_1_13.02.05.jpg

The litter.......

http://www.reptilecrazy.co.uk/forum/uploads/member_pics/MarcN/DSC01163.JPG

And the contrast between the light & dark siblings.........

http://www.reptilecrazy.co.uk/forum/uploads/member_pics/MarcN/DSC01153.JPG

Thanks for looking!

[denny_rimes]

Congratulations on a nice looking litter! And welcome to "The Tank"!

Denny ;D

[Sojourn]

Welcome to "The Tank"! That is a beautiful litter of babies you have there! That one in the last pic definitely look really hypoish to me. Congratulations! Please feel free to share more pics when you can..... ;D

Jesse

[2ND_ALARM]

Congrats on the stripers.

[Marc_N]

Most of the Striped Boas have now shed & are looking even better.

From the result of this & previous breeding with this line, it appears that the stripe is dominant & the 'Hypo' appearance is recessive, but this needs to be confirmed following further breedings.

Heres a picture of one of the 'Hypo' looking babies. The colour of these pale Zig Zag line boas seems to intensify as they mature, with the tail turning bright red.

http://www.reptilecrazy.co.uk/forum/uploads/member_pics/MarcN/DSC01200.JPG

These two shots show the contrast between the normal coloured babies & the 'Hypo' looking siblings.

http://www.reptilecrazy.co.uk/forum/uploads/member_pics/MarcN/DSC01202.JPG
http://www.reptilecrazy.co.uk/forum/uploads/member_pics/MarcN/DSC01203.JPG

This one has an interesting stripe/reverse stripe.

http://www.reptilecrazy.co.uk/forum/uploads/member_pics/MarcN/DSC01212.JPG

This one hasn't shed yet, but has a great stripe!

http://www.reptilecrazy.co.uk/forum/uploads/member_pics/MarcN/DSC01210.JPG

[zenzinia]

Very nice, congrats ! Some work has to be done to understand the genetic  ;D Stripe, colors, zigzag ! The litter you got helps, me too !  

[Marc_N]

Very nice, congrats ! Some work has to be done to understand the genetic Stripe, colors, zigzag ! The litter you got helps, me too !

Thanks Zenzinia ;D

Here's another with an awsome stripe.

http://www.reptilecrazy.co.uk/forum/uploads/member_pics/MarcN/BCI_Stripe_CB05.07.JPG

[louie]

Very nice stripes,that one definately looks hypo.Hope it proves out for you.Congrats!!!!!       Mike

[louie]

Here`s a little stripe for you.