Just a Pastel...or another color morph?

Bear with me, I'm still trying to figure out how to insert pictures, lol!

So, I got my first BP, Persephone, as a birthday present from my husband. He got her at a local pet store that sold her as just a normal BP (which now after having a REAL normal BP, I can see the difference). My vet was the first one to say something...she said Persephone is a pastel and that I was lucky getting her at a normal BP price. Figured the store got the wrong shipment from the breeder. So, awesome, I have a pastel!

Then one of my students, who was a reptile enthusiast, made a comment about Persephone during a class where I was talking about snakes in belly dance. Said she was a yellow-leaf pastel and they go for around $1500. The problem is, I haven't found any record of a yellow-leaf pastel out there.

I have no intentions of breeding her (at least not at this moment), but it's more of a curiosity thing at this point (and I don't want to sound like an idiot calling her something that doesn't exist). I find as I add on snakes and get more into BP ownership, I want to know as much as possible about my snakes. At present, I'm just calling her a pastel (as I trust my vet, plus she looks completely different than Kismet, my normal, and resembles pics of other pastels I've seen). But any opinions from the board would be appreciated. :D

This is linking to my FB photos, so I hope it works: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=3&theater

Looks like a very good looking normal to me. I could be wrong though.

That is not even a pastel. Just a nice reduced pattern normal. The tapatalk app works great for pictures. Can you get one of its eyes? Also, I've never heard of a yellow leaf pastel, or any single gene pastel that goes for $1500...

Here also, for pictures-
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=173889

OK, I'll check out tapatalk...

Here's the best side-shot I have of her, I think! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=3&theater

She's a real bright pale yellow...definitely is a head-turner!

Again, thanks for looking!

Still just a normal. A nice clean one though. There is a ton of variation in normals. :)

OK....good to know! Thanks! :gj:

I say normal, but she is really pretty :)


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Pastels have green eyes and their pattern is pretty crazy, just for future reference :) I know those normals can get super tricky sometimes lol


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Probably can't find any record of a Yellow-leaf Pastel because they simply don't exist!

Definitely not a Pastel though, she's a normal but here's the thing with normals; they are highly variable. You will see a lot of shades of colours and a wide range of patterns in normals because their appearances are as unique as a fingerprint (you'll never see two BPs with the same exact pattern) but it doesn't always mean it's a morph.

Pastels should be noticeably yellow or gold and have a decent amount of blushing on them (or not, mine doesn't have much) with green eyes, here's a picture of my male Pastel for reference.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8100/8...022b0dea_c.jpg

Pastels will also have a brown out line. Here is mine. You can see his blushing and brown outnline.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/05/nazeju2a.jpg