Sulfur Mojave: Is there yellowbelly in them thar hills?

The parents of this snake were Pastel Yellowbelly X Sulfur Mojave. I was told by David Reid, the breeder of this snake, that it could possibly be Sulfur Mojave Yellowbelly. So I did some research and came across this thread by Eric Sandoval:

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...=sulfur+mojave

There is a pic of a Sulfur Mojave Yellowbelly as well as a Sulfur Mojave in that thread. Looking at all of the Sulfur Mojave pictures I could find on the web, I'm thinking that my girl might just be Sulfur Mojave Yellowbelly. Here's the pics:

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...5/dsc00008.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...5/dsc00009.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...5/dsc00011.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...5/dsc00017.jpg

Note the near full stripe and small alien heads, similar to the SuMo YB. The belly doesn't have the flecking of a yellowbelly, but that could be due to the washing out by the sulfur/mojave. What do you think?

I think that's one gorgeous snake!!! I love that clean belly!

Guessing that you would have to prove it out in breeding to know either way, but I think the most awesome part of this snake is that you can truly label this animal as a sulfer mojave possible het yellowbelly. And you will be right and you can have lots and lots of people that know "everything" argue that there is no possible het yellowbellies.

Anyways very nice animal

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Originally Posted by Fearless

Guessing that you would have to prove it out in breeding to know either way, but I think the most awesome part of this snake is that you can truly label this animal as a sulfer mojave possible het yellowbelly. And you will be right and you can have lots and lots of people that know "everything" argue that there is no possible het yellowbellies.

Anyways very nice animal

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Possible Het Ivory. ;)

I like the washed out colors almost looks like a Hypo!

That's a tough one......the alien heads do look tighter like the sm yellow belly in Eric's pics.

I would have to breed out to be sure.

Either way, awesome snake....I dig it!

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Originally Posted by Turbo Serpent

Possible Het Ivory. ;)

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good way to put it so that no one argues nomenclature.

Congrats on that amazing pickup. From the pictures I've seen, I would say it carries the YB gene, but if the breeder didn't know, than I guess you'd have to breed it to see what you have. It's an awesome snake either way. YB/mojo/sulfurs are one of my favorite combos.

That's honestly a beautiful looking ball python, whatever it is!!!! Congrats on that pick up :gj: