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Whats this morph?

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  • 11-13-2013, 01:30 AM
    Opal Shadow
    Whats this morph?
    I went to a local reptile show this past weekend and couldnt resist picking up something new!
    I think the guy said it was a snow motley but im not sure from pics i have seen. Any clue on what it could be? She has this very nice stripe on her and no pattern on her sides. Took pics with and without flash.

    http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/13/eqa5y8yr.jpg
    http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/13/jymady7y.jpg
    http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/13/uzehu2u9.jpg
    http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/13/zenynyqu.jpg
    Might be female so my husband decided to call her betty white :)

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  • 11-13-2013, 07:00 AM
    Mr Oni
    That is a Snow Motley. A very nice looker too

    The motley gene will sometimes throw sections of stripes that can be anywhere from how yours looks to mid section and even towards the tail.
  • 11-13-2013, 12:17 PM
    Wyldrose
    ^^^ agreed a nice snow motley :)
  • 11-13-2013, 01:35 PM
    dgring
    Rlly nice snow motley, nice corn to :snake:. If you want help with morphs then go to http://iansvivarium.com/morphs/species/elaphe_guttata/
    if that was helpful plz thank;):P:)
  • 11-13-2013, 02:59 PM
    Opal Shadow
    Thanks for the help everyone. I was confused i thought motleys where more spotted than striped.
  • 11-17-2013, 02:46 PM
    Blue Apple Herps
    Re: Whats this morph?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Opal Shadow View Post
    Thanks for the help everyone. I was confused i thought motleys where more spotted than striped.

    Motleys can have A LOT of variation in their dorsal patterns. Some have a little striping. Often the "striping" are called q-tips due to the fact they often resemble a q-tip. Yours is a VERY long q-tip pattern. The biggest thing is they have a clear belly w/o any checkers, that's always the dead giveaway. Often snakes can have a motley-esque pattern, but have belly checks, or don't have a motley-esque pattern, while being actual motleys.

    Also keep in mind that motleys and stripes are just different alleles of the same gene, so sometimes there seems to be a little bleed through between the phenotypes.
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