Guide to ID a mojave?

One of the BPs we got at petsmart the other day looks a lot like a Mojave to my untrained eye. Any guides on determining whether or not its a mojave or a funny-looking normal?

Can't really bring a camera in to work and take pictures lol

I'm pretty new to Mojave’s myself but things I've noticed so far:

1. The side alien head light patterns tend to be shaped like upside down triangles with a single dark alien eye shaped like an upside down triangle in the center. Normals tend to have more of an ET like shape with two eyes.

2. White belly with no dark marks.

3. Flames of fade to white in the center of the dark areas where they meet the belly. Generally wide dark pattern elements.

4. High contrast with nice straw yellow dorsal stripe, dark black, and fading to gray (at least in my babies).

They really do stand out, at least the ones I've seen. Now there are more subtle members of this complex that also make white snakes. I think the single eye aliens and clear belly are pretty standard though but I've only seen pictures of most of the known alleles of this gene. Wide dark pattern seems to be fairly common in the group too.


Post a pic!

Here is mine:

http://homevtour.home.comcast.net/~h...MMVT02_med.jpg

The one at the store has colors that match mojaves very well. It also has a weird pattern... not exactly like most mojaves i've seen, but definitely different than most normals ive seen as well. That's why im unsure... Its mojave-like, but not exactly... But not exactly like any other normal ive seen either.

this hunters guide is the best guide ive seen so far, helping noobs like me try to identify visual morphs. :D it looks like mojave to me!!!

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=46029

Your link doesn't work for me, is this what you where trying to link to?

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

I didn't look up his site because I assumed he wouldn't do Mojave as too obvious (sort of like a hunters guide to albino) but I see now he does have a nice one. I had checked a while back for a Sable or Chocolate guide but hadn't noticed the Mojave one.

The picture I posted is a Mojave for sure. The original poster is worried about taking a camera to work but I think that is the only way we will be able to answer. Either that or post where the store is so some other reader can go in and buy this animal and post it.

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Originally Posted by LizardofOzz

One of the BPs we got at petsmart the other day looks a lot like a Mojave to my untrained eye. Any guides on determining whether or not its a mojave or a funny-looking normal?

Can't really bring a camera in to work and take pictures lol

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Where's this Petsmart? I live in NoVa...I'll go check it out and let you know. :D

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Originally Posted by sho220

Where's this Petsmart? I live in NoVa...I'll go check it out and let you know. :D

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Manassas.... There are two here though, it's the one on sudley manor drive ;)

I assume its probably not a mojave, but a cool looking normal. But hey theres a chance you could get a $80 mojo lol.

Randy here's the link to the guide posted at this site...

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=46029

Here's the rest of the guides as well...

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=45744

The Hunter's guide is a great reference tool. Learn it, love it, live it;)

I doubt its a mojo probably just a pretty normal. IMO mojo's are very easily spotted amongst normals. Heck on their own they stand out. My mojo blew me away when I got him I had never seen a mojo in person before then. :)

Well here is mine he doesn't have as much black as Randy's but you get the idea.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...r/SNC10615.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...r/SNC10617.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...r/SNC10619.jpg

Example of a mojo with lots of blushing. :)

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...o/100_2182.jpg

Thats a very nice mojo..............great blushing

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Originally Posted by sg1trogdor

Well here is mine he doesn't have as much black as Randy's but you get the idea.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...r/SNC10615.jpg

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Yah, it looks similar to that, lol.

Somebody bought the other BP today, anyways. The Feaux-jave is still there though (i recommended the other to the people buying it since the cool-looking one hasnt taken a meal yet since we got it last week).

Mine might be a little darker than normal as mom is a new dark morph and even her normals are dark. I don't have any Mojave’s other than that one's siblings to compare him to though. I do get the idea that they can vary in shade quite a bit.

Any idea on the gender of the animal in the store? Hopefully someone here can end up with it as a nice breeder and get to the bottom of what it is or isn't. I suppose most petstores still sell mostly imported animals.

here is a closeup.. they have lots of green/yellow if you look close.. also notice the clear belly..

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...x/DSCF0939.jpg

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Originally Posted by RandyRemington

Mine might be a little darker than normal as mom is a new dark morph and even her normals are dark. I don't have any Mojave’s other than that one's siblings to compare him to though. I do get the idea that they can vary in shade quite a bit.

Any idea on the gender of the animal in the store? Hopefully someone here can end up with it as a nice breeder and get to the bottom of what it is or isn't. I suppose most petstores still sell mostly imported animals.

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pretty sure its a female (tried popping it and didnt see anything, although it's no sure way of telling)

This is my little female.
No mistaking her with a normal.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/SPJ01/018.jpg

Since everyone is shareing so will I here are my two.

Female
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...allmojave1.JPG

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...8/0/mojave.jpg

And my new male Thanks Jas. :D
http://www.wildmorphs.com/uploads/Morphs/malemojo.JPG

Sold it today. Snapped a quick pic of it with my cell phone in the back room before I sent her off, lol

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/possmojo.jpg

Hmmmm. Hard to tell from the pics, definitely looks different. But I doubt it was a mojave.

Yeh its belly wasnt clear so I guess it was just a funky looking normal :)