I have a couple of Sunglow boas the male I was told was a Kahl Sunglow possibly a coral line. (Bottom pic)
The female I have no idea on besides she’s a Sunglow (top pic)
I’m curious if there is a way to tell what they actually are Kahl, Sharp, Coral… I’m hoping some body on here would have some insight on the subject.
There is no way from looking at them to tell if they are Kahl or Sharp line albinos.
The two albino genetics are not compatible, so if you breed them, you will get normal looking babies het for albino. But you won’t know which albino they’re het for.
Some people who have seen both Kahl and Sharp boas for many years can give you their opinion on what albino it is. But it’s still just a 50/50 guess. My guess is both are Kahl albino by their looks to me.
Also, I see markers I look for in super hypos in your female. So there is a small chance she is a super hypo. If she is a super, then whatever you breed her to, all the babies will be hypos. The best way to prove that out would be to breed her to an albino. This way, all the babies will be sunglows.
Coral is a selectively bred polygenic trait.
Coral is just a high red, orange, purple color in the Kahl albino. It’s like the pastle lines. Pastle is not a genetic trait. It’s just a line breed color. There are lots of Pastle lines out there now. Everyone who makes a red boa wants to name it something it seems like now a days.
Pete Kahl was the first breeder to produce a coral boa and name it coral.
http://www.boamorph.com/id31.html
There may be genetic testing now for Kahl and Sharp albino boas. I’m not sure you would have to do a little research to find out if there is.
You could always breed your two boas when the female is bigger. If you get albino babies from her, then you know she is a Kahl albino. If you get normal babies, please be truthful in their description to people when selling them.
I appreciate the time you took on this reply. It’s definitely a lot of good info. I’ve really been thinking of looking for a nice albino motley/ jungle. You have me curious now so what are the super hypo markers? They look noticeably different for both being sunglows is why I posted this
The super hypo’s tail saddles have no white at all around them. And there overall look as newborn babies are duller than all the other hypo’s and sunglows. Plus, they have a cleaner look to them. However, this is still just a guess. The only way to prove them out is to breed them. Here is a picture showing what I consider super hypo’s, in my opinion.
I am not completely sure, but super hypo to super hypo may give you all super hypo babies. I have never breed super to super yet.
Here is my adult super sunglow male.
I do like the sunglow motley jungles. I also produce a few very year now. I wholesale most of my boas every year. The rest I keep or give some away to friends. My motleys have the Lipstick Line in them. I have also been crossing Northern Brazilian BCC into them. Here are a few pictures of my motleys.
Albino motleys.
These have Northern Brazilian in them, and they are het albino. I try and never breed possible het albinos. As they are hard to sell.
I definitely see a noticeable difference in the super hypo babies. It’s easier to see the differences side by side like that. Every pic you posted on here are great looking boas. I really like how random the motley/jungles are. Makes them so much more unique. I have a decent sized darker female motley
There are three localities of motley boas.
Colombian, Central American, and Argentina.
My motleys are the Colombian BCI.
I do not work with the Central American or the Argentine motleys. The Central American ones are smaller, and I personally like bigger boas.
I am not sure, but yours doesn’t seem like a Colombian motley. Do you know the locality? I am not sure if the 3 localities can be breed together to produce motleys.
They may be able to, as I have never heard anything about it. I have never researched it. As everything I own is Colombian and Kahl albino.
Here are links to MM info on the motleys.
https://community.morphmarket.com/t/morphpedia-boa-constrictors-motley-colombian/24376
https://community.morphmarket.com/t/morphpedia-boa-constrictors-motley-central-american/24377/1
https://community.morphmarket.com/t/morphpedia-boa-constrictors-motley-argentine/24355
