Colors on YB Pied

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Originally Posted by TopNotchPythons

The one from Billy is expensive because she's a sub-adult YB Pied het Lavender. The "het lavender" part means she is "heterozygous" for the additional mutation "lavender albino". Because lavender albino is a recessive mutation it will not show visually as a het. A pied heterozygous for lavender can make the sought after combo "dreamsicle" (Pied / Lavender Albino), a very cool orange/white snake. Yellow belly added to the dreamsicle equation makes them even better. The degree of rarity in the mutant genes present in the snake dictate its dollar value. Here's a neat video from Justin Kobylka with a comparison of YB and standard dreamsicles if you're interested: https://youtu.be/Q0NiqiqW5Hg?t=65

Dante will look nice and fresh after his shed!

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Those are beautiful snakes! :O I need to read up more on all of this...it's fascinating!

Dante's parents were YB Het pied (female) × Pied (male).

I love the idea of experimenting with morphology, so maybe one day...

But anyway, I'll be sure to take pictures of him afterwards :P