Spotnose

I am looking to pick up a spotnose this week and had some pics sent to me and I just wanted to ask a few questions. Every spotnose I've seen has had that black head stamp pattern, the pics I was sent do not have that mark. Is that common and if so what else should I be looking for to confirm spotnose or not?

Can you post the photos?

I don't have his permission as of now to post his photo. I'm not sure how the rules are when it comes to stuff like that.

Since I got nowhere with the first request can people with a spotnose put up a pic and let me see what they should look like. Thanks.

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

Head markings are a must with any spotnose. You also looks for a high contrast pattern and every spotnose i have seen has a very dirty belly. Here are a few of mine.

http://www.iherp.com/Gallery/88170/2...eIkVHI1uO8.jpg
http://www.iherp.com/Gallery/88170/5...TxIY1nJEQu.jpg
http://www.iherp.com/Gallery/88170/5...MV3wS4zNqk.jpg

Also, you have to watch for booger nose being sold as spotnose. Booger spots are on the side of the nose and anything from a morph to a normal can have them. This is my YB with booger nose markings.

http://www.iherp.com/Gallery/88170/5...QZDmkVRCHD.jpg

Hope this helps.

Thanks for the link Slim but I've seen those several times over but it still hasn't helped much. Some have this yellow creeping up from the belly other don't. I've looked into past threads and can't find much either. That's why I was hoping for someone with knowledge of the morph to come and give me a hand.

Aalomon thank you so much for those pics. In comparing those to the pics I was sent I'm glad I questioned the purchase. The booger nose markings are the only thing the snake I was looking at had. No head pattern or anything. Back to cruising the classifieds :)

I don't own a Spotnose myself, but the snake in the World Of Ball Pythons Morphs picture has what I would characterize as the perfect head stamp.

That's why I posted it :gj:

Hi,

Also the boogers at the side can appear on normals - I have some with stunning booger marks but I know they can't be spotnoses. :)


dr del

Without pics no one can tell you if it's a Spotnose or not...

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Since I wasn't sure about posting pics sent to me from a breeder I was just trying to get as much info as I could and put a conclusion together myself.

Spotnose heads remind me of carpet python heads. They aren't just a simple light or dark spot on the head, but a more detailed pattern.

One thing that I feel is kind of difficult to explain about a spotnose, is that the body pattern reminds me a lot of a spider. Before anybody jumps on me for saying it looks like a spider, I don't think they are the same in the slightest, but the reduced patterning and the way the back markings connect has a similar feel to a spider, and especially seeing them in person, I always feel like they are going to have a head wobble. They never do, but something about the overall head stamp and pattern together does this to me (clowns with their wonky head stamps do the same thing).

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Originally Posted by HerpIsAhobby

Since I wasn't sure about posting pics sent to me from a breeder I was just trying to get as much info as I could and put a conclusion together myself.

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Feel free to email me the pics...

I agree with a lot of the above, particularly the bit about the head pattern being reminiscent of a carpet python. I have often wondered what it was that my spotnose reminded me of and now I have it! also agree re the 'booger' spots, I have both normals and morphs with these; they are not an indication of a spotnose. They are high contrast animals and quite bright, something along the lines of a nice genetic granite, and have interesting patterns on the body but mainly the head markings identify them immediately.