How do I identify a Fire morph from any other morph?

I think I may have found a fire morph being sold at a pet store. The coloration was definitely lighter than a normal. I'm having a hard time remembering what it looked like, so I'm going back today and see.

Anyways, what traits can I identify to distinguish it from any other morph?

http://www.constrictors.com/Collecti...allPython.html

http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/a...rmalBaby29.jpg

There a lot of lighter normals that are not fires.

Fire are special, even if they look like lighter normals, they aren't. They create something special in combos cause of this, and create lucy.

Don't buy that one in the hope it's a fire, buy it as a light normal if you want, but if you want a fire, buy a fire. They aren't that expensive so.

Clear belly, black eyes, ghost like coloring.
Hard to believe one would be in a pet shop, but I've heard stranger things.

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/a...l/PICT1490.jpg

Belly shot...
http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/a...1495Medium.jpg

I took a trip to the pet store this afternoon and took pictures of the snake in question. They're hosted on my flickr. I don't know, what do you think?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44825680@N06/

$199? HOLY COW It's solid gold! :P

That's a normal, nothing wrong with a normal, but $199? :O

If it's just a normal, then I'm not buying it. Suspicious pet stores don't usually sell healthy pets. Plus the All Animal Expo is in DuPage county where I live, I'll just visit one of the two upcoming expos in December.

Normal ONLY BUY FIRES FROM A PROVEN black eyed lucy producing line!! dont get ripped off here's my pair.
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ember09022.jpg

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Originally Posted by Codejunky

If it's just a normal, then I'm not buying it. Suspicious pet stores don't usually sell healthy pets. Plus the All Animal Expo is in DuPage county where I live, I'll just visit one of the two upcoming expos in December.

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Good choice!
In that price range there is many morphs available.
Pastels, fires, yellow bellies, black pastels, cinnies, and numerous more can be had for around or under $200

Fires are still holding a decent price Havent seen any under $275 & that dirt cheap for what they can do in a breeding project.

Thats just a way overpriced normal.

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Originally Posted by Toronto Python Gurus

http://www.constrictors.com/Collecti...allPython.html

http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/a...rmalBaby29.jpg

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Thats a great fire....very nice

http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/a...h/P1110620.jpg

A good photograph to compare...

Clockwise: Normal, Firefly, Pastel, Fire

Crap you haven't seen any under $275 I knew I should have bought that male back at the Raleigh show in September when he offered it to me for $200 CRAP, CRAP, CRAP,!!!!https://ball-pythons.net/forums/images/icons/icon8.gif

Here is a pet store girl I picked up in 2004 on the left.

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/4924Compare-med.jpg

showing her clear belly

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/...PetMed-med.jpg

If my web host fatcow wasn't down I'd post adult pics. Still lighter than normal but not as nice as the one fire I've seen. Unfortunately I don't yet have a male fire or sulfur or flame hypo to breed her to. She got up to breeding size last year but the mojave male I put with her was young so hopefully 2010 will be her year even if I don't have the male to really prove anything.

Wow Randy, that does look like a fire(IMO)

Great find, hope she proves out for you :)