DInker or more ?

[Griffith]

I still think it's a Yellow Belly. It looks extremely similar to TJ's banded normal, with the addition of the flames and blushing...and while the belly pictures aren't in the best light the sides of the belly pattern also point to Yellow Belly....

[TJ_Burton]

I am not seeing any yellow belly; maybe I am just used to obvious yellow belly traits, but I don't see any classic yellow belly 'flames' or 'checkering'.

This page shows what I consider to be an average example of yellowbelly: http://www.myballpython.com/morphs/yellowbelly.html

What I would expect to see is something more along the lines of this snake:

[interloc]

I still think it's a Yellow Belly. It looks extremely similar to TJ's banded normal, with the addition of the flames and blushing...and while the belly pictures aren't in the best light the sides of the belly pattern also point to Yellow Belly....

No way is that snake a yellow belly. Here is a yellow belly:

Couple things to note.
A) flames
B) checkering/yellowish colour on the sides of the belly
C) head splotch

The OPs snake really doesn't share these yellow belly traits. The belly is wayyy different and that should be the first sign of a YB.

[Griffith]

Yellow Belly's can vary alot... The op's snake has blushing, and you can see in the belly pic that it has the checkered looking sides on the belly, as well as flames...and the dorsal pic clearly shows blushing...

The snake in the OP's pic:


Sure looks alot like this banded Yellow Belly....not all YB's have nice yellow bellies...I'm just saying I have seen alot of banded YB's that look like the OPs snake...

[TJ_Burton]

Yellow Belly's can vary alot... The op's snake has blushing, and you can see in the belly pic that it has the checkered looking sides on the belly, as well as flames...and the dorsal pic clearly shows blushing...

The snake in the OP's pic:


Sure looks alot like this banded Yellow Belly....not all YB's have nice yellow bellies...I'm just saying I have seen alot of banded YB's that look like the OPs snake...

Sure, the dorsal views of the snakes look similar.

But the belly shot of the OP's snake does not look like the belly of a YB by my standards. Like I said, I may have been spoiled having seen some really nice YBs in person, a long ones that I consider average that still show obvious flames and checkering.

[Griffith]

I do admit that the belly doesn't look as pretty as I would like on a YB, especially after seeing some pics of Jerry's (Snakesrkewl)...
I think it is the color or "glow" of the dorsal that is screaming YB at me...there is definitely something special going on.

[TJ_Burton]

I do admit that the belly doesn't look as pretty as I would like on a YB, especially after seeing some pics of Jerry's (Snakesrkewl)...
I think it is the color or "glow" of the dorsal that is screaming YB at me...there is definitely something special going on.

Yeah, Jerry's line of YB is really interesting. Much darker than what I am used to seeing, but without a doubt still YB.