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Rosy boas morphs?
So I have this little guy. Full grown but has darker pigment outside the red stripes. I picked him because of his darker complexion. Can someone help me tell if is a morph or something different?
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Last edited by Skyrivers; 06-09-2020 at 01:32 PM.
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Rosy Boas are kinda like Carpet Pythons - if you don't buy a known locality or mutation, it's likely a mix. (Locality is HUGE in Rosies.)
That said, it looks like an average adult San Felipe, a very commonly bred locality, or some cross there of. A desert locality animal, in any event.
This isn't 100%, but, in general, Desert Rosies have straight even stripes; Mexican Rosies have dark to black stripes; Arizonan Rosies are kinda coffee/chocolaty; Coastal Rosies have jagged stripes, as do Coastal/Desert intergrades, blending to unicolor. There are some pretty awesome websites that are way more help than I can be, but that's sort of an overview. Also, this is very, very broad. Some sources have the main divisions as subspecies, others give them full species status.
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I agree, & there's no telling for sure...many desert/coastal intergrades look just like yours, while some have irregular stripes. I've bred them & still have one. I also
found a rosy boa in the high desert with darker brownish stripes instead of the rust color. The ONLY way to be sure is to pay for locality from trustworthy sources.
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
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