Is this a woma ball?

[Caine Emborg]

I just bought this ball as a 'normal' today, but he doesn't look like a normal to me, more like the woma morph. What do you guys think? sorry about the quality of the pics.

[TMoore]

Just a reduced pattern normal

[Alexandra V]

I'd say reduced normal with woma-ish pattern, but not a woma. Still really nice though!

[Caine Emborg]

Thanks! So what would happen if I bred this guy to another reduced normal? I'm just curious though, I only keep my snakes as pets and I think he's gorgeous either way.

[mainbutter]

Pattern is polygenetic so predictions are difficult..

That said, pattern IS pretty much genetic, and selective breeding can really do a lot for producing nice reduced patterned animals. You certainly increase your odds of having nice reduced patterned babies with nice reduced patterned adults, ESPECIALLY if you are line breeding.

[Caine Emborg]

Thanks a lot So this may sound stupid (I still dont understand all of the genetics), but if I ever were to breed him with say a spider or bumblebee, that would increase my chances of having nice reduced normals as well?

[WingedWolfPsion]

No. You may get some reduced spiders or bees from the pairing as well as reduced normals...but all of the reduced pattern would come from your male, not from the spider or bee (unless they had reduced pattern in their ancestry). The spider gene reduces pattern as well, but only in animals that actually have that gene. It's one gene, it does not somehow 'leak' any of its characteristics into animals that don't have the gene.

Reduced pattern spiders look pretty neat.

[meeistom]

Could be a tiger or genetic banded the only way to know 100% is to breed it. Could be a normal or a co dominant or a dominant. So breed it to another known normal and go from there.

[joepythons]

Very nice reduced patterned ball python

[Caine Emborg]

Thanks, it all makes a bit more sense in my head now. I guess I'll have to find a nice girl for him one day