Smulkin And Goddess.

Heres the pair of Black Pastels that I choose to keep and raise up. I dont always name my snakes but these two are special and so are the names. :)

This is Goddess. :eek: http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...g?t=1177532248

Heres Smulkin. :) http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...g?t=1177532669

Goddess.:) http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...g?t=1177532777

Smulkin.


If you have never looked at a Black Pastel, take a good look and... come over to the dark side. :eek: http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...g?t=1177532865

Sorry for the newbie question, but whats makes a Pastel as Pastel?

I assumed the Lemon Pastels were labeled so because their undertones were highly Yellow.. but this just looks like slight variation of a sub-adult Normal to me..

man, some of the patterns on Smulken even suggest Mojave in there somewhere, looken good! :cool: :cool:

Ed, I have always wondered why some black pastels/cinnies have the dorsal stripe....and some don't. I have always liked the ones with striping more....is it just random?

Daniel, stripping in ball pythons is common, there also are genetic lines of stripes.

The random stripping that shows up in Cinnamon and Black Pastels really make them special.

Smulkin all stretched out. :P http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...g?t=1177534078

Daniel, I think you were speaking about the Blacked Back in the first picture, heres another type of stripping that shows up in Black and Cinnamon Pastels. this is a Cinnamon Pastel.:) http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...g?t=1177534826

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Originally Posted by daniel1983

Ed, I have always wondered why some black pastels/cinnies have the dorsal stripe....and some don't. I have always liked the ones with striping more....is it just random?

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The last picture shows the striping that I was talking about. It seems very common amoung black pastels/cinnies. I was asking if that was just a random occurance or if it was genetic amoung certain lines of the morph. I have always prefered the cinnies that have either the thin stripe down their entire back or are completely brownbacked.