Pink Panther Boa Constrictors

The name Pink Panther refers to boa constrictors from the Caramel Albino line of VPI that have an extra wash of pink across the body. This name is used by sellers for a look bred into an established albino line instead of for a single confirmed gene. You are paying for that look and its documented line when you buy one, not a guaranteed genetic outcome.

Appearance

The Pink Panther morph gets its name from the pink wash found mostly on the body and the sides of the face. This morph has a pale caramel background from the VPI tyrosinase-positive Caramel Albino line. Where tyrosinase-negative albino lines like Kahl or Sharp show a near-white ground, the black pigment of a Pink Panther is replaced by shades of brown. Grey appears on hatchlings where black would normally be. As the melanin fades with age, this grey turns into warm browns.

Genetics

Pink Panther traces back to Dave and Tracy Barker's VPI. Their tyrosinase-positive Caramel Albino line produced the pink-washed animals known as Pink Panther by the trade. This is a selection bred within that line instead of a single confirmed gene. How the trait is passed on is not settled. A seller might offer a confirmed animal as Pink Panther or one showing possible but unconfirmed signs of the line as Pos Pink Panther. No allelic partner or complex is documented for it.