What does reduced pattern mean in bps?

I see the term reduced a lot describing ball pythons I was wondering what this is all about.

Reduced pattern is a more cleaner Ball python. A reduced pattern doesnt have what I call, so many "ALIEN" eyes. A bunch of the circles you see on many Ball pythons are not sometimes seen on reduced. The brown golden bands are completly filled covering a full percentage of that area. I dont know If I painted a good picture and description of what is a reduced pattern bp. Hope that helps.

im picking up what your putting down. thanks a lot.

crisstyle21, you're right about the alien eyes, i never really noticed it until now. i always just assumed that my girl had extra cute eyes.

reduced pattern just looks cleaner, less splotches, and they're a little bit more expensive than 'normal' balls

Here are some of my reduced patterns. Lack of dark spot (alien eyes) in the side patterns)


http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...nzie/Mack9.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...aileeJune1.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...ophieJune6.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...BinidJune4.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...ierraJune1.jpg

Reduced/bandeds

Female01-http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...on/bpf3806.jpg
Female02-http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...on/bpf3106.jpg

Not reduced pattern:
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...G/102_2813.jpg

Hope the visual helps:)

thanks for all your info and pics, my girl is definitely not reduced.

Jason, those reduced females are really nice!!!! :D :sweeet:

K~

actually my girl is half and half. Her front half has the black spots and the back half is reduced.

Yeah, pretty much no spots in the brownish areas id the definition of a reduced bp.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11...9/DSCN2814.jpg

THis is my reduced bp. Notice the lack of spots?
I really like the cleaner look of reduced.

And the best part is some are genetic and some aren't this is a genetic reduced/banded
female.

http://www.wildmorphs.com/uploads/bigbandi.JPG

I just realized how bad of a pic that is of her and with that little stuck shed its even worse.

so this is the same snake just younger.
http://www.wildmorphs.com/uploads/lilbandi.JPG

is reduced pattern a desired trait?

I have a BP that resembles the pictured one above, towards the very end of her tail about halfway past her body's length she has no spots, or just a single spot. She has no real alien heads on the rest of her body, just one spot, or two, but no third spot for a mouth.

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Originally Posted by Nicole N

is reduced pattern a desired trait?

I have a BP that resembles the pictured one above, towards the very end of her tail about halfway past her body's length she has no spots, or just a single spot. She has no real alien heads on the rest of her body, just one spot, or two, but no third spot for a mouth.

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Depends on if you like reduced patterns.

Genetic banded/reduced is highly desired it reduces the patterns of any morph that it is bred to (see Spider X Gen Banded)

If you purchased yours as a normal then chances are its just an aberrant trait (non genetic) but if thats what you like then :rockon:

This is a pic of my Reduced Pattern/Banded Male..(But as you can see he does have "spots"
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...s/100_0682.jpg


And this is a Pic of what some people would call a Reduced Pattern Female due to the alien eyes being absent..(I just call her a Clean Pat)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...s/100_0689.jpg

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Originally Posted by KLG

Jason, those reduced females are really nice!!!! :D :sweeet:

K~

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I totally missed this post after I put those girls up... Thanks Kara! Even better, they were two of my birthday presents from my Dad.:D

Not entirely sure who I'll plug in with them when they're up to size but they should be ready to go in about a year.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Here are some of my reduced patterns. Lack of dark spot (alien eyes) in the side patterns)


http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...nzie/Mack9.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...aileeJune1.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...ophieJune6.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...BinidJune4.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...ierraJune1.jpg

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