Granite? Yes, no, maybe?

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...kes/snake1.jpg
This is the first ball python I ever bought(I currentally have 2)
I am curious if it might be a granite. It is hard to see the speckling in the picture because spike didn't want to hold still =)
So just letting you know there is far more speckling on the sides than the pictures show. It also has a broken stripe on the back and for the most part a solid white belly.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...kes/snake3.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...akes/snake.jpg
It also has very little blushing on it's black minus it's head and it has white coming up it's sides on the stripes.......I want to say it's like blushing but I cannot think of the proper name, it is on almost every stripe too.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...kes/snake5.jpg

I found out they are called flames but it isn't letting me edit this post =/

No, he doesn't look like a granite, but he's still a nice looking boy! Here's a great resource to explain what a granite is:


http://www.nextworldexotics.com/hggr.htm

It sure looks alot like one according to the guide. It has all those attributes.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...es/snake-1.jpg
it doesn't like to hold still for pictures so alot end up blurry, here is a better shot of the granite speckles.
Oh and I didn't mention, he/she has a light eye color compaired to my other bp.(the look kinda like gold) Hard to take a picture of them though.

His belly doesn't look as clear as the one in the example. Also, does he have the requisite neck break in the first stripe by his neck?

I may be wrong, but the speckling you see looks like what I see in my normal male. I still don't believe yours is a granite. Doesn't mean he's still not a great boy or special! :D

I am not exactly sure what defines a break, in the guide it says that variation 2 had a small break in the stripe but honestly I can't tell where it is.

looks like a normal to me...they usually have more blushing and more distinct spots. i thought my normal was a granite for a while too. lol.

Not sure if this will help, but here's a pretty good example of a granite as a reference ...

http://www.8ballpythons.com/uploads/granite-01.jpg

Hope this helps.

-adam

I don't think that it is granite; see how there are more solid spots made of multiple scales in Adam's snake?
A true genetic (or not proven, too) would have come from someone advertising it as such, most likely.

Granite Schmanite!

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Granite Schmanite!

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Adam showed you his, now show us yours! :P

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Adam showed you his, now show us yours! :P

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His suffers from the mistakes of a near sighted moyle ... not sure if he's going to show it in public. :confuzd:

-adam

Just know that I am crying with laughter. :D

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Just know that I am crying with laughter. :D

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YES! (pumps fist in air) ... My work here is done! ... I got my quota for the day and I'm going home ... Thank you ladies and germs you've been a ONE DEE FULL audience! :carrot: :sweeet:

-adam

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His suffers from the mistakes of a near sighted moyle ... not sure if he's going to show it in public. :confuzd:

-adam

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True true...It's not much to look at. It does the job though...Wait, were we talking about Granites?

Here is one of my granites....



http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...3/IMG_0513.jpg

Here's my granite, you can see the break in the neckline and pattern, she's not proven but I feel good about her being genetic.
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...raniteGirl.jpg

Hot granite!
Adam, you are too much (I mean that in a good way, lol.)

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Adam, you are too much (I mean that in a good way, lol.)

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When I'm not being a thorn in the side of bp.net I'm sometimes a funny guy. ;) :sweeet: :P

-adam

I always wondered if this girl was a granite? :) http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...g?t=1171406765

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...kes/snake4.jpg
hmmm maybe I am wrong but spike does get more speckly each time they shed. They are alittle over 2 ft last I mesured. I can't wait to see when it is full grown how speckly it will be.
I believe my 2 snakes are siblings. Here is some pictures of cleo.
He/she has a clear neck break(hard to see because of flash), Lots of blushing on the head and body, and alittle bit of speckles.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...kes/snake8.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...es/snake10.jpg

I love the blushing on it's tail tip, I think it looks alittle unique.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...es/snake12.jpg

Even if they arn't a morph I love them just the same =D

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

I do think you just have a pretty normal.

Normal :)

Yup, they're both nice normals! The Ralph Davis link really shows how dramatically "peppered" a granite is.