Ivory/Albino Paradox? Chimera? What is this thing?

I'm the operations manager at The Gourmet Rodent. We currently produce about 2500 clutches a year of ball pythons so are pretty accustomed to seeing new and strange things pop up, but this one probably takes the cake. This snake was produced from the following pairing:

Dam: Yellowbelly
Possible Sires: Fire Yellowbelly or Ivory

The dam's previous breeding record includes two previous clutches:
2012 bred to Fire
2013 bred to Desert Yellowbelly, Specter, and Enchi Spark

We initially thought some sort of paradox/chimerism due to a potentially unknown albino het, but that doesn't explain dark eyes on a seemingly albino head. If you look closely, the "white" sections show the ivory spine striping.

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../8/7/wtfbp.jpg

Any ideas?!

Nicole

I have absolutely no idea, I'm God awful @ morph IDs but shes stunning! She's almost making me like yellow [emoji23][emoji13][emoji169]

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wow, i have absolutely no clue but holy heck is that a beautiful animal.

I am going to say paradox. You can see yellows and blues in the backstripe on the one section which says to me there is yellowbelly complex there. True oddness surrounding the abino coloring with no albino involved.

Really interesting!

Possible both parents were het albino?
What were the sibling?

Regardless that is one gorgeous paradox! Lovely! thanks for sharing

After a little more thought, I am thinking Fire/Yellow Belly/ het Albino paradox. Absolutely no way to be sure though. LOL. I don't see a way that animal is not at least het albino. Flipping awesome animal.

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Originally Posted by AbsoluteApril

Possible both parents were het albino?
What were the sibling?

Regardless that is one gorgeous paradox! Lovely! thanks for sharing

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It's possible there are hidden albino genes we aren't aware of but that still doesn't explain the dark eyes, which are the weirdest part of the whole thing for me.

Siblings are totally as expected: yellowbellies, ivories, etc

It certainly brings to mind this snake.

She is absolutely stunning. She looks like a work of art.