yellow belly?

could anyone tell me if this is a yellow belly?i went to the vet the other day and he said thats a nice yellow belly you got there.i bought it as a captive bred and it was not labeled anything sio i just thought it was colorful.i looked on the hunters guide to morphs and its just so hard to tell

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n...cture004-1.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n...cture007-1.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n...cture009-2.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n...cture011-1.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n...cture022-1.jpg

I would say no judging by the belly. The black outline bands on either side of the belly should be solid and not broken up like that. I'm at work and can't post pics of my yb's underside. Very nice looking though, with great striping.
We will see what some others think.

Pretty -- but no.:(

Great looking normal :D

A nice high yellow normal... not a YB.

Here is my YB, and he is a so-so example, still a sharp snake, but not the best example. The stomachs really are specific and hard to miss once you have seen a few.

Bruce

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...weerashid3.jpg

i didn't think so either.i take it the vet just said it as a description.thanx!

could someone post a side by side picture of a normal and a "good" example of yellow belly

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Originally Posted by raphymartinez

could someone post a side by side picture of a normal and a "good" example of yellow belly

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Normal bellies vary dramatically so it's more about recognizing the yellowbelly pattern. That previous pics is a great example of the pattern running down the sides of the belly:gj:

Here is another example of a yellow belly.

http://ssomail.charter.net/do/mail/m...=en-US&v=first

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...llyyellow2.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/files/2/4/3/7/bp1.jpg




https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/files/2/4/3/7/bp2.jpg

This is one his babies

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...7/img_4159.jpg

i see the difference now.the black on the belly has very few breaks in it

It's just an overall similar look to the belly edges that they have.

Here's a male i got from Ians table at the spring 06 Raleigh show.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c9.../5-6-06009.jpg

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Originally Posted by Butters420

i see the difference now.the black on the belly has very few breaks in it

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It is more that you get the great checkering pattern, that breaks into the side pattern where you get the white flames. And the busy checks run in the two strips down each side.

But the clean pattern inbetween tends to contrast it... and you cannot really see it, but you will get yellow belly scales as well.. and other they are not consistent... so you get a few here and there.

But they were named yellow bellies for the yellow in their sides, not on their bellies... which always strikes me as a bit odd in that the yellow on the belly is so distinct... and they are named... well yellow bellies. :)

Bruce