My New baby. Ivory Ball Python

Hello I am new here. Here is my snake Lucy.

Here is my new baby. I got her from a friend. He said that she is a leusistic ball python with the black eyes and red pupils. She is about 8-12 months. Very docile.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/1063515...7613529030942/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3461/...cf3d1e735e.jpg

Hi,

You might want to rename her a little but she is gorgeous anyway.

Oh and :welcome: to the site :colbert2:

http://www.newenglandreptile.com/ner...ll-python.html


dr del

Def. and Ivory...not straight white. Pretty snake though.

Hi, welcome to the site! That's a gorgeous snake you've got there, I love Ivory eyes :P Grats!

thank you guys but i am un familiar with some of the terminology what exactly does Def. stand for?
so she is not a legit leusistic?

http://www.constrictors.com/Collecti...allPython.html

An Ivory is a form of leucism, but it is the muddier of the bunch (not a bad thing - many of us love ivories).

There are other cleaner leucistics, so most people discern between Ivories and Leucistics.

Not the best explanation, but I am sure someone can elaborated (or debunk) what I just said. :)

Welcome to the site, she is a nice snake.

Bruce

def. = definitely.

Ivory is a different morph, completely separate from the blue-eyed and black-eyed leucistics. It is the super form of the yellowbellies :)

and "def" means "definite"...

Hi,

Def = definately.

And No, she looks to be an ivory - if you look carefully at her eyes you can see they are dark blue rather than jet black. And both the ivory and the black BEL have red pupils.

As I said though check out some of the morphs that you can combine with yellowbelly - she is a great snake to have in your collection.


dr del

If I can make another comment... why not ask the guy that gave her to you?

People do not accidentally buy or breed Ivories and not know what they have (or Leucistics either for that matter).

I am sure it would take one phone call to determine exactly what she is.

Bruce