Ummm what is he?

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Originally Posted by Ophiuchus

Probably a little after the fact, but if anyone was insistent on referring to snakes as "breeds", I would call the species ball python the breed, and the albinism is a variation.

Ex:

You can have black labradors, white labs, and chocolate labs....but they're all of the same 'breed" (i.e. labrador retrievers).

Thus, you have albino BPs, piebalds, pastels, etc...but they're all ball pythons.

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I've never heard the term "breed" used for species of reptiles. I've heard of dog breeds, horse breeds, goat breeds, cat breeds, but never breeds of reptiles...

And generally with the different dog breeds you get physical changes, such as coat color, size, conformation in general, etc... To get a "pure" breed you have to keep line breeding until all the offspring produced look identical. Although classified as the same species, I would personally classify different "breeds" of dogs similar to subspecies.

well a breed is a group of animals within a species such as a group of animals selectively breed to look a certain way, so if i had to say so then the "morph" can also be said to be the "breed" in this case.

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Originally Posted by bigballs

well a breed is a group of animals within a species such as a group of animals selectively breed to look a certain way, so if i had to say so then the "morph" can also be said to be the "breed" in this case.

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thanks guys!
Im just sooo used to mammals. Oh yes answer my post about the feeding plz too!

My baby wont eat. The second time we've tried this week. It's not in the dirt, i think we're doing all right. It's on top of his hidebox, where he goes often, but the mouse(s) haven't been touched!
I need help! What's wrong?!?
(I checked the temp, the boiling and whatever, the mice and ect.!!!!)


:)BPs FOREVER:)
luff u spud