New to ball pythons, just curious what morph this girl is

I'm not new to the animal world, just the ball python world, and i've noticed that similar to the chicken world there's an emphasis on genetics, and sub-types. Well after reading a few websites, and looking at a few pictures i can't decide what my girl is. Mainly just curious, might help with the naming process.

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/...ps48c6307a.jpg

Good Ole Fashiond Normal. :D

Normal.

How bout Norma?

Looks pretty normal to me.

Does have some nice orange in the aliens though (the aliens are the patches of brown along the sides).

I say Normal/Classic type/Wildtype too

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Originally Posted by Daybreaker

I say Normal/Classic type/Wildtype too

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I really like the term "classic" sounds much better than "normal"
Classics are beautiful! :)

het albino :gj:

That would be a normal.

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Ok normal is cool, i couldn't figure if it was a normal, or a yellow belly, she does look a little like some of the pics of het albinos, except for the stripe on the back. is there a guide on this site that would help me understand how to identify various morphs or lack thereof? was then thinking yellow bellow because of the spots, but yet again, i don't know what i'm looking at lol. She's still a good snake in my book.

Norma Gene, haha that sounds like a good one (i'm sure someone has thought of it before lol)

Here's a good site with tons of photos of all the different morphs: http://www.worldofballpythons.com/

Snakes that are het for recessive genes (like albino/piebald/clown/hypo) look the same as normals. Some have "markers" that can help to ID them but nothing concrete.

There are a few good resources on morphs.

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

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...-makes-a-morph

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/forum...ominant-Morphs

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/forum...cessive-Morphs

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/forum...esigner-Morphs

Wow thanks for all the help guys, one of the best parts of a new animal is learning all about them. Thanks for all the help so far, and wow there are some awesome looking morphs out there.

Looks like a regular "Normal" BP. The problem is now that you got one, you will find the "need" to get more. It is an addiction. Good luck with your new BP!

Wow if I would actually read instead of jumping in (kinda excited to be exploring a new species of animal) i would see that i was supposed to post about 4 pictures, and to clear them up a bit. I'm pretty sure you guys are right on her being a normal or classic, but i'll do this right and get some better pics here in a bit.

Talked to the guy who originally bred the snake and he said he was going for yellow belly, but the belly is white, there's no tint, but looks like a normal, so gonna name her Norma gene, unless someone sees something i don't (now that i got some better pictures up for everyone)


View of the tail

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/...ps67ee2f8e.jpg

Better view of the head

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9cf778d0.jpg

Better view of the body

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/...psbbc7c22d.jpg

and here's the view of the belly

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/...ps04e5ff0b.jpg

Normal, for sure.

Make sure that you check out these 2 threads on Care as well:

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...ius)-Caresheet

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...t-Thermometers

She looks like my normal het albino, same orange sides and all :)

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Yea, we were duped into a heat rock at the pet store the supposed snake expert said it was good for there digestion, but as soon as i read this care sheet a few days ago i attempted to return the heat rock, they didn't want it back, but i did buy a under tank heater. I have plenty of aspen bedding from our bitty incubators. And yes it's an aquarium, but i've built a custom cover to trap the heat, and it's just temporary until i get around to building an acrylic tank (we use acrylic for egg boxes). Also i hooked up one of our digital thermostats to the under tank heater.

Sounds like you got a good set up going

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