Yellow Belly?

I bought this girl last year as a possible het. pied. I always thought she had a sweet pattern but never really looked at it. It looks a lot like my Yellow Bellies I produce. Any thoughts? Thanks

Joe Ellis

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I would say that is not a yellowbelly. Nice looking het though.

My normal has the same belly as yours.

My opinion is yes, I would say it's a YB. Here is why I think that. The black belly tracks on a normal very rarely come all the way to the central belly scales, and almost never come to the central belly scales at the base of the brown pattern, usually only where the black meets the belly. This snake displays both. Some YB's are great examples of the morph, this one may just not be that uber example we are used to seeing.

There is one way to tell for sure. Pair a YB male with her and see what happens. Heck you should be able to tell just by breeding her to a normal, but if you get an ivory from breeding her to a YB male then there is no second guessing.

Well my "normal" looks the same. So im hoping this one in a yes :please:

i thought you could tell by the calico scales on the belly. looks yellow belly to me. but im definatly no expert:)

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Originally Posted by merdcme

i thought you could tell by the calico scales on the belly. looks yellow belly to me. but im definatly no expert:)

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You can but YB's have a more visible "belly" than that..

Like this
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...a/DSC_0393.jpg

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Originally Posted by Theartisticgemini

Well my "normal" looks the same. So im hoping this one in a yes :please:

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From the picture you posted, yours doesn't look the same - sorry. :(

Not a Yellowbelly

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Originally Posted by rabernet

From the picture you posted, yours doesn't look the same - sorry. :(

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They are identical. Though i blame the picture quality.