Petco "Normal"

[abrunsen]

Hey guys, I'm not very good about identifying subtle morphs so I was wondering if this would be a morph or not. I know its not helpful that I don't have pictures but it basically looked exactly like a normal but ZERO alien heads, which caught my attention because I have never seen that on a normal before. Let me know what you guys think.

Thanks,
Alex

[Skittles1101]

Without pictures, it's literally impossible to tell. The patterns and shades vary so wildly on normals it's not even funny...

[JLC]

It's called "reduced pattern" when you see that. It's not a "morph" usually. There are genetic lines of reduced pattern, but more often than not, it's just a natural selection of normal genes that gives that appearance. Really nice reduced pattern females are often prized as breeders because their pattern sometimes influences the babies, even though it's not a predictable genetic result that you can call a "morph."

"Normal" ball pythons come in a huge range of both patterns and colors.

[mues155]

With just your description I would say a reduced pattern normal but yeah without pictures its just not possible to tell you anything.

[abrunsen]

Thank you everyone! I just thought it looked kinda cool and I was curious.

[Daybreaker]

Here's my reduced normal for a reference if the Petco one looks similar (I got her from a Petco as well):

[abrunsen]

Here's my reduced normal for a reference if the Petco one looks similar (I got her from a Petco as well):

Yeah, it looked really similar to that. However, there were no "alien heads" at all which i thought was pretty unique/cool.

[mues155]

you need to post a pic