Jason's Jungle - Anerythristic Kenyan Project

Anerythristic Kenyan Sand Boas

Scientific Name: Eryx Colubrinus
Common Name: Kenyan Sand Boa, East African Sand Boa
Location: Tanzania, Kenyan, Africa, Ethiopia, Egypt
Size: Adults typically around 36"-40", around 400g
Housing: Adults can live in a 20-gallon (long) tank or equivalent
Experience Level Needed: Beginner, Novice

The anerythristic is a much under-appreciated morph IMHO. They are stunning. An initial investment in one is just slightly higher than a normal sand boa. The anerythristic gene can be thought of as almost an inverse-albinism gene. An albino can't produce dark colors where an anerythristic can't produce colors, in particular, yellow or orange. The resulting morph has the the black of a normal Kenyan but white where the orange would be. They are one of the two components of creating the snow morph.

AN-F-5
This is one of our last purchases before the '04 breeding season. I saw this girl and HAD to have her. She has almost NO fading on her at all. She's one of the prettiest anerythristics I've ever seen. Her and AN-M-2 make the prettiest anery babies I've ever seen. They've done it two years running now and hopefully we'll have more for years to come.

AN-F-7
We have been looking for additional female for quite some time. We pride ourselves on our anery stock so we looked long and hard before we found we deemed 'worthy'. Lucky our friends Troy and Angi @ Reptilian Projects hooked us up with one of their breeders they were looking to unload. We couldn't be happier with her.

AN-F-8
This is a girl we've been raising up for 2 years. She's offspring from AN-M-2 and AN-F-5. Without overfeeding her, she's gone up to 500g+ in 2 years. She's not quite as good looking as mom, but she's still a great looking snake. We're excited about breeding her in '07.

AN-F-9
We had a lot of demand for some more anerys in '06 and only produced a few handful so we beefed up our stock and purchased AN-F-9, AN-F-10, and AN-F-11. They are all Lee Frey stock. This one has some interesting things going on. I'd call it a 'hypo'. The black isn't black at all, it's brown. I've seen some similar males floating around, I just have to get my hands on one.

AN-F-10
We had a lot of demand for some more anerys in '06 and only produced a few handful so we beefed up our stock and purchased AN-F-9, AN-F-10, and AN-F-11. They are all Lee Frey stock.

AN-F-11
We had a lot of demand for some more anerys in '06 and only produced a few handful so we beefed up our stock and purchased AN-F-9, AN-F-10, and AN-F-11. They are all Lee Frey stock.

AN-M-2
This is our proven anerythristic male and with any luck he'll be breeding all 5 of the girls above this in '07. He's bred numerous females for us over the years. In '06, he was our lone male and bred 8 females, 6 of them had litters. As a lot of anerythristics get older, their white fades and gets black spots. As you can see from above, AN-M-2 is a real looker, his white has barely faded at all.

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