fire ball question?

i a wondering if anyone can tell me how to distinguish a fire ball python from a normal?
when breed to other morphs it appears to be easy but as a base morph i'm finding it hard to figure out (since i have not seen to many in person.)
john

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Originally Posted by bads15

i a wondering if anyone can tell me how to distinguish a fire ball python from a normal?
when breed to other morphs it appears to be easy but as a base morph i'm finding it hard to figure out (since i have not seen to many in person.)
john

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I had posted this before but here is the pic again. Fires really are not that hard to pick out, especially in a clutch. which ones are the fires in the pic?

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...s/IMG_1957.jpg

if their two fires and two normals, i would have to guess the lighter ones.
that being said how would i tell them apart from a light colored normal?
are there any distinguishing markings or head pattern?
i also noticed that the lighter ones in the picture have more blushing on the dorsal pattern. is this common with all fires?
i'd like to think that i can pick one out when held next to a normal (and have conformation that one is indeed a fire), but what if some one i don't know well enough to trust just hands me one and tries to pawn it off as one? how do i know it's not just a light normal?
also what are some of the characteristics of them? from what i have herd, they tend to brighten up as they get older. any other traits?
John
ps. thank you for the pic.

Look for the lighter tones, a head spot, blushing along the dorsal, and a clean belly. Here is an '08 model Fire.:D

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4122/...7a0539888c.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/...29cff20740.jpg

pretty fire. i guess by head spot you mean the high blushing. the head reminds me of my ghost.
john

Everything you picked out from the photo is what you look for in a fire. There are 2 fires and 2 normals in that pic. Those are also fresh out of the egg. Fires can sometimes look like a ghost as I proved with a post I made last year.

Not my best pics but here are adult fires.

Breeder male
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...s/IMG_1364.jpg

Gravid female fire

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...s/IMG_2441.jpg