Indy Boa Constrictors
The Indy gene creates an aberrant pattern by breaking up a boa's saddles. These are often striped from end to end and appear in pastel tones that look stronger after each shed. A solid, heavily marked striper is produced when it is paired with Motley.
About the Indy gene
Bred in Italy by Enrico Marconato of Boaline, Indy is a colour and pattern gene for the boa constrictor. It changes normal saddles into an aberrant pattern that is often striped the full length of the body and washed in pastel tones. This gene looks its most dramatic when stacked with Motley and Hypo.
Appearance
An Indy has a well-defined, interwoven pastel colour and a very aberrant pattern that is often striped from end to end. The colour is not fixed at hatching. Because it gains intensity and definition with age and looks stronger after every shed, a young animal undersells the adult. The Indy makes a solid, heavily marked striper with Motley where the sides carry the gene's marking colours. Animals that are Hypo Indy Motley show the same extreme striping. From an Indy Hypo Motley Jungle line, some babies hatched with pink-and-black bicolour tongues or with pink, albino-like tongues.
Genetics
Because Indy is dominant, a single copy provides the full look. Marconato calls it a dominant gene with no visual super form. This means a Super Indy is not expected to look any different from an Indy. It is in no known complex and has no documented allelic partner. Production has occurred for Indy Motley, Hypo Indy and Hypo Indy Motley. The line traces back to a wild-caught female with a dark, irregularly patterned look. Marconato bought her from a pet shop shortly before 2000, and Boaline first produced Indy in 2012.