What is this guy???

Swimming around google a lil, I read Russos and Mochas are very similar. I googled some pics of mochas and a lot of those pics look more like my little guy than the other pics of the Russos so im betting hes a line of Mocha instead of Russo. Either way, my lil fella still has way more blushibg than any pics i seen of either morph, so...yay! Lol

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Originally Posted by Christopher De Leon

Swimming around google a lil, I read Russos and Mochas are very similar. I googled some pics of mochas and a lot of those pics look more like my little guy than the other pics of the Russos so im betting hes a line of Mocha instead of Russo. Either way, my lil fella still has way more blushibg than any pics i seen of either morph, so...yay! Lol

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The major difference can be seen with hatchlings. After a russo has its first shed it almost looks like candy. They are very orange and yellow. They lose that color within a few months though. That's when it becomes harder to tell them from other subtle morphs. A big giveaway is that most of them have a crazy pattern with lots of keyholes and alien heads.

Here are some that I've produced. When compared to normal siblings in a clutch, there is no mistaking them. Easy to pick out as hatchlings for sure.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...s/DSCF1454.jpg

Russo in the middle..
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...0/bf38869c.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...s/IMG_8217.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...s/IMG_0503.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/a6936078-e3ae-808c.jpg

So you'll know what to look for when you produce babies..


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Have you produced any Russo combos, Foschi?

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Originally Posted by Christopher De Leon

Have you produced any Russo combos, Foschi?

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No. No combos because I'm straying from ball pythons. I'm not working with many anymore. I've only produced clutches of single gene Russos. In fact, I have some in here right now...
http://img.tapatalk.com/a6936014-8c40-2d24.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/a6936014-8c5f-cdc2.jpg

I don't think I'll be holding any back though. Possibly some Lessers.


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the last pics you posted on page 1 they look like a yellow belly

http://http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...ellowbelly.jpg