Stripe morph?

Hmm, for me, even at $200 its still a no-go. It looks like a very nice normal to me w/ a full stripe. These are often reffered to as harlequin but they arent confirmed yet to be genetic or inheritable. If you have that budget, I suggest you seek out a morph that you like from a reputable breeder. As for stripes, I only know 2 that exist, the genetic stripe and the superstripe (plus the other genes that throws stripes sometimes like the mojos, lesser, etc.)

Maybe you can start a project called the 'striper' by getting this female first and look for another male with similar look along the road. If you really like it, you would pay whatever you could afford to get it, no?

I bought one from a petstore last year for 49.99

I agree with everyone else, that is just a normal. It is unusual to see one with a full stripe, I'll grant you that, but not even close to $300 unusual.

For a 450 gram female normal like her, I'd go no higher than $100. I have four magnificent normal females, all breeding size, that I acquired for under $100 each.

It is very rare that something like her looks are genetic, and you could spend years attempting to replicate her stripe in her offspring, it just isn't worth it to spend more on her.

Now, it is possible the owner has never seen a snake like her and honestly believes she is a morph, so I give him the benefit of the doubt. I would politely but firmly say she is just a very nice normal and not a morph, and offer him $100. If he refuses or gets nasty, then you know he's lying on purpose.

Gale

If you decided to continue selectively breeding you could make it a morph. Think Lemon Pastel. You could basically create your own strain of normals that have full stripes, which would be awesome. Crossing that full back stripe with the side blushing into other morphs would be killer.

A "normal" is not a "normal" until bred and proven to be one.:colbert:

BG agrees that this snake is most likely not genetic, but we all don't know. If that snake turned out to be genetic, it would be a great deal for 300 bucks. It's a gamble. Looking at The Snake Keepers tri stripe, BG would have bet his lime green undies it was not genetic. Just think how lucky the person who bet BG would have been.:D

Offer him 100, then 150. Explain that you doubt it's genetic and that it isn't $300 worth of uncommon. See if you can barter him down. ^^ it's worth trying and if you aren't mean about it, maybe you can talk him down!