Will someone PLEASE explain Yellowbellies?

There must be something I am missing. I have read the hunter's guide, quite a few times. I have looked at pictures on BP.net and plenty of other places. I have held snakes in my hands at shows. I just don't get how one identifies a YB from a normal.

Help please?

Yellowbellies are a very subtle morph. Here's a link to NERD's site and description of yellowbellies. http://www.newenglandreptile.com/ner...ll-python.html

From what I've seen some yellowbellies stand out from the crowd and others look very normal. If the intense belly flames aren't represented it becomes very hard to distinguish it from a normal.

To me the most distinguishable part of a yellow belly is the belly markings(speckly) running on either side of their bellies.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/P1060040.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/P1050385.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/P1050387.jpg

I realize that that was not an explaination, but more of examples.

ALL of those are Yellowbellies.

It was to show the speckling that Raul was mentioning, and the need to be able to see the sides and the belly to really ID the animal.

'06 Female YB 900g

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...PICT0067-4.jpg

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...PICT0071-1.jpg

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...PICT0072-1.jpg

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...PICT0073-2.jpg

One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?

http://jetpythons.com/IMG_7631.JPG




If you need a cheat pict:

http://jetpythons.com/IMG_7644.JPG

Thanks for the replies, altho I'm not sure I'm any closer to understanding. :weirdface

In this pic that Heather posted, are the spots I've circled part of the "speckling" that people refer to?
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...HeathersYB.jpg

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Originally Posted by Tosha_Mc

http://jetpythons.com/IMG_7631.JPG

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In this pic, what immediately jumps out at me is the white borders on the one in the lower right, and the absence or reduction of white borders in the other 3. But I have never seen white borders or the lack thereof mentioned as part of how to identify a YB?