Help identify my ball python

I bought a snake from an expo a while ago and im a bit confused on the morph the guy told me. he told me he was a black pastel lace back. I'm not too sure what a lace back is. I was maybe thinking he's red axanthic.https://scontent.ford1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...7c&oe=5A468594https://scontent.ford1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...31&oe=5A53EC24

Can't be a red axanthic because he's a black pastel. I'm so confused on what he can be.

I can't see the pictures. :(

I hope these work
https://imgur.com/a/8yHii
Https://imgur.com/a/AWugk

Seems like the overall coloration is off for black pastel lace. Maybe something else going on genetically. Too light for black pastel lace. Just a possibility.

Yeah I really wanted to know cause I was planning on breeding him with a female. But I need to know the morph );

I don't want to be rude but shouldn't you know what you are buying especially if you plan to breed it.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest that it's a Pastel Super Lace Black Back. So, a Pastel who is also a Super Lace Black Back. (Or Pastel Super Green Pastel, if you like the shorter name for the mutation. Maybe the alternate name of Green Pastel is where some of the confusion came from?)

I'd also guess that the snake does not have a copy of the Black Pastel gene. The pattern on the Pastel Black Pastel Green Pastel is very chaotic and peppery, whereas your guy's is much smoother.

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Originally Posted by ElliotNess

I don't want to be rude but shouldn't you know what you are buying especially if you plan to breed it.

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it's not rude, it's true.

1) unless u an are a breeder well versed in morphs w/ tons of experience and u think a seller may have missed a gene in a snake that's up for sale, u should know what you're buying.

2) buy from a reputable breeder. know the morph and the pairing that produced it.

3) u can't call it a Red Axanthic b/c that's what it looks like to u. it's what it was sold to u until u breed it out and prove it otherwise with a clutch of HRA's and Red Axanthic's.

I'm seconding the pastel super lace blackback theory, that was my first inclination when I saw the pictures. Could also explain how the name got a little confused in the translation. "Black pastel lace back" or "pastel lace blackback".