Sable ball python??

I bought this ball python about two years ago. She was said to be a female sable ball python. She Is darker than most ball pythons and has a rainbow shine that sables do as well. I have ran across some people claiming that she is a normal though and others who do agree with her being a sable. Can anyone help me out? If so email me at kevin8477@sbcglobal.net so I can send some pictures because I can't seem to post them on here. Thanks

To post them, upload them on a hosting site such as photobucket.com or tinypic.com, then upload them on there (very easy) and copy and paste the link that says "for forums" :)

You can use the sites listed above or go to the gallery tab and upload to BP.net and you can link them that way.

Which ever you decide, lets see some pics!

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Ok thanks here are some pictures I took from my phone, so not the best quality

That is a normal.

Could be a black pastel judging from your pics..... Def. not a sable though

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Originally Posted by Monster Dodge

Could be a black pastel judging from your pics..... Def. not a sable though

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Niether a sable or a black pastel :P
A beautiful normal! :)

Looks like a normal to me.

Thanks for all the views but would really like some more peoples thoughts on it so I can officially rule it out. I was just wondering because I posted up on kingsnake and someone told Mr she was a hypermelanistic ball python, I looked it up and I saw that they were known as sables as well. Thanks

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Originally Posted by KeViN CSV 06

Thanks for all the views but would really like some more peoples thoughts on it so I can officially rule it out. I was just wondering because I posted up on kingsnake and someone told Mr she was a hypermelanistic ball python, I looked it up and I saw that they were known as sables as well. Thanks

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Any others will also tell you she is very normal, I have two that look just like yours :) She is very pretty, no sable.

Do you mean hypomelanistic? If so she is not a hypo either, they are very easy to pick out. :P I don't believe there is a hypermelanistic, someone correct me if I'm wrong.

You've got a 100% normal on your hands, a beautiful one. And I'm 100% sure about that :D

Normal. Sables have a granite-y appearance, and black pastels have an extra line of black around their alien heads and donuts.

Very dark, though! Is she really a she? I've that heard breeding albinos and lavender albinos to dark females and holding back the dark hets is a good way to make super-high-contrast albinos. I've got a really dark male with the rainbow sheen here, too, that I'm hoping to try it with some time.

http://www.worldofballpythons.com/morphs/sable/

Take a look at that, then look at yours.

Yours is a normal

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Originally Posted by Carlene16

Do you mean hypomelanistic? If so she is not a hypo either, they are very easy to pick out. :P I don't believe there is a hypermelanistic, someone correct me if I'm wrong.

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Ok :D
http://www.ralphdavisreptiles.com/co...all_python.asp

The snake in question is a normal, I see nothing unusual or different than any other normal.
Not hypo or hyper-melanistic and not a Sable, just a good ole normal :)

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Ok :D
http://www.ralphdavisreptiles.com/co...all_python.asp

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Very cool, Ralph Davis is a lucky man. :) Thanks for the correction.

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Originally Posted by Carlene16

Niether a sable or a black pastel :P
A beautiful normal! :)

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Ditto....

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Originally Posted by Carlene16

Any others will also tell you she is very normal, I have two that look just like yours :) She is very pretty, no sable.

Do you mean hypomelanistic? If so she is not a hypo either, they are very easy to pick out. :P I don't believe there is a hypermelanistic, someone correct me if I'm wrong.

You've got a 100% normal on your hands, a beautiful one. And I'm 100% sure about that :D

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OP, you have a normal. They are very variable. She is beautiful.

Hypomelanisitc means having less pigment. Hypermelanistic means having more pigment. The prefixes hypo and hyper are common in medical terminology and always mean the same thing when put infront of a word.

Nice looking normal.

Pretty normal. And when they are in good health they like to "shine with a rainbow color"!!

Nah, normal.

Yours is a normal. Those RDR balls are Ralphs own line of genetic blackbacks. He calls them black head ball pythons. They are beautiful!