Amazon Tree Boa colors & patterns
(
including some aberrancies & morphs)

 I am in the process of writing this page; I am adding bits of info every time I edit the web site...please be patient with me.

 Amazon Tree Boas are generally categorized in two main types; the "Garden Phase" and "Colored Phase"

Garden Phase: any of the non-colored specimens, usually gray, brown, black, or a combination of these colors. 

Colored: These can be red, yellow, orange, and just about any shade/combination of these colors, with or without pattern.

Halloween Phase:  this is something that really irritates me.... the ones labeled Halloween phase are garden phase with red/orange pattern on the backs, these sell for about triple the price of a normal garden phase (which has tan/cream/off-white pattern on their backs)....what people never tell their buyers is that the red/orange pattern on the Halloweens will change into the normal tan/cream/off-white and the owner ends up with a normal garden phase.


Pattern types

coming soon

 

Morphs & Aberrancies

Striped aka Tiger; this is a co-dominant morph proven by Danny Mendez (urbanjungles.com) The original "Tiger" was a wild caught import originally purchased and later bred by Danny.

Leopard; coming soon

Paradox; there have been numerous Paradox ATBs imported from the wild and also born in captivity from normal looking parents. When the original Paradox was imported, this was thought to be a one of a kind freak. In the years that followed, Paradoxes started showing up periodically in shipments from Guyana. Could this be a naturally occurring phase in the wild that is much more common than we realize? I think this is entirely possible since the species is only collected for exportation from a very very small portion of their natural range. This is, as of yet, an unproven trait so it's considered an aberrancy. I'm not sure if anyone has ever bred a paradox-to-paradox pairing, this would be the only way to truly prove out the inheritability of this trait.

Amelanistic aka Albino; coming soon

 

 

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