Morph identification help

I recently acquired a ball at a local mom and pop pet shop in my area and was told it was a clown morph but based on it's color and head pattern I'm almost positive it's something else. The shop owner told me a local breeder got evicted from his apartment asked him to take care of his collection (approx. 12 snakes) while he found a new place. After a month the guy stopped paying and he hasn't seem or heard from the guy in three months. The shop owner is now selling off the snakes to cover his costs.

If you guys can help me identify the morph I might go back for the rest of the snakes or at least some of them. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Link to photos: https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/bro...3&userid=67148

We can sure help, if you help us out with a pic at least :P
We'll be waiting ^^

The pics are in my gallery. I also posted them in the member gallery under my username and keyword "Morph identification"

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/bro...3&userid=67148

I breed crested geckos and actually traded a few for the new snake.

Nope, that's not a Clown. It pretty much looks like a Lesser (Lesser Platinum) to me :)

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Originally Posted by Eru_Iluvatar

Nope, that's not a Clown. It pretty much looks like a Lesser (Lesser Platinum) to me :)

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^^ For sure not a Clown, My first instinct was Lesser as well.

Yep, just a pretty lesser :)


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Did the breeder leave any identifying papers for the mom and pop shop? If so it might help you find out what you're dealing with. The snake you purchased seems to be a really nice lesser, the guy probably meant het clown...

I agree with the lesser. Pretty nice looking one too. I hope you didn't pay clown prices for it.

You were correct it is a het clown. The shop owner found the papers and I'm going back on Monday to get the male and another female.

The best thing is a didn't pay a dime I traded 4 crested babies. Apparently it's easier to sell crested geckos around Christmas time then it is het clown balls Lol.

Since the snakes were abandoned the shop owner is only looking to cover his cost I'm getting the other two balls for $150.

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Originally Posted by NJ Balls

You were correct it is a het clown. The shop owner found the papers and I'm going back on Monday to get the male and another female.

The best thing is a didn't pay a dime I traded 4 crested babies. Apparently it's easier to sell crested geckos around Christmas time then it is het clown balls Lol.

Since the snakes were abandoned the shop owner is only looking to cover his cost I'm getting the other two balls for $150.

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Neet!! Are they both normal? Success with them!

Yes, they are both normal. I spoke to the shop owner last night, we have become friends now because I'm helping him out by buying these snakes. It's not every day someone walks into a small local shop looking for high end ball morphs. Now that he found the paperwork and can identify the morphs and sex of each snake I will probably get more. 17 years ago I breed bearded dragons having about 50 lizards in my collection and stopped when my kids were born selling off my entire collection. I'm excited to get back into breeding and now that my kids are old enough I can share the hobby with them.