Acco_Asphyxia
01-22-2007, 11:20 PM
Hey everyone.
I purchased a male salmon (50% het albino) boa late September. One of the main reasons I NEEDED this boa was his amazing eyes (pattern as well, but the eyes sold me). Also one of the reasons why my favorite morph is of the super jungle variety; the eyes!
Upon looking around at other examples of salmon/hypomelanistic boas I've noticed the awesome beige eyes seem to be somewhat of a random characteristic.
Why is that? Do the eyes just mean it's a "better" example of salmon or is it maybe a hint to another trait or something. I dunno. I'm no breeder (though I aspire to be in a few years) and can only fathom a guess.
Anyone have any ideas.
I ask because every super jungle I've come across has distinctly unusual eyes, but the salmons are actually pretty hard to find with the "odd-balls".
I've thrown up a couple of pics of Irwin's (my salmon boa) eyes to give an idea as to what I'm talking about. And I guess one picture would have sufficed but I love the way he looks so much, I just couldn't resist. :)
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/23/picture0037ya.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7121/picture0174oh.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1282/dsc001226av.jpg
I purchased a male salmon (50% het albino) boa late September. One of the main reasons I NEEDED this boa was his amazing eyes (pattern as well, but the eyes sold me). Also one of the reasons why my favorite morph is of the super jungle variety; the eyes!
Upon looking around at other examples of salmon/hypomelanistic boas I've noticed the awesome beige eyes seem to be somewhat of a random characteristic.
Why is that? Do the eyes just mean it's a "better" example of salmon or is it maybe a hint to another trait or something. I dunno. I'm no breeder (though I aspire to be in a few years) and can only fathom a guess.
Anyone have any ideas.
I ask because every super jungle I've come across has distinctly unusual eyes, but the salmons are actually pretty hard to find with the "odd-balls".
I've thrown up a couple of pics of Irwin's (my salmon boa) eyes to give an idea as to what I'm talking about. And I guess one picture would have sufficed but I love the way he looks so much, I just couldn't resist. :)
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/23/picture0037ya.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7121/picture0174oh.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1282/dsc001226av.jpg