Snakes and Stones

[Bogertophis]

Photo #471

GHI Ball Python with a chunk of Agate from Oregon-USA.

Beautiful agate, & very interesting python knot.

[Lord Sorril]

Photo #472

Another assortment of stones: Obsidian, Silver Sheen Obsidian, Mahogany Obsidian, Snowflake Obsidian, Granite, and Brazilian Agate.
Ball Python is a Pastel/Lesser/Het Gravel or YB.

I produced a bunch of Pastel/Lesser/Het Gravel or YB offspring last year (2024). I picked out my three favorites and then I was going to vend the others, but, then I started thinking: What if I had selected three Gravel based specimens because I liked the darker color? Gravel and Yellowbelly are supposed to be indistinguishable, but, what if I could subconsciously identify them based on shading as hatchlings? Long story short: I had to keep a lot of holdbacks...had to...

[Bogertophis]

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I produced a bunch of Pastel/Lesser/Het Gravel or YB offspring last year (2024). I picked out my three favorites and then I was going to vend the others, but, then I started thinking: What if I had selected three Gravel based specimens because I liked the darker color? Gravel and Yellowbelly are supposed to be indistinguishable, but, what if I could subconsciously identify them based on shading as hatchlings? Long story short: I had to keep a lot of holdbacks...had to...

Oh, the torture of selective breeding! You have my sympathy (..."I had to keep a lot of holdbacks...had to...").

[Lord Sorril]

Photo #473

Pastel-Piebald (4 of 5) with some tumbled/polished Agate/Jasper/Jasp-Agate from the Mid-West USA.