Morph Help!

[KungPaoChicky]

Well, I've been in the market for a blood python for a while now. I went to my local herp shop and, SUPRISE, there they were! VPI stripe morph blood pythons. As soon as I saw them, I put down half to hold the best lookin one I could find. I picked him up today. I am trying to get some information on whether or not he is a true Stripe Morph. I spoke with the owner of the shop and he said that he bred them himself from a pair of stripes he got direct from VPI. After doing a little digging around on the VPI web site I saw the he looks VERY similar to a "borneo python", yet hatchling stripe Blood Pythons look very similar as well! I am also interested in getting some information on this morph. Is this a dominant or ressicive trait? Am I gaurenteed a morph out of the pick that I got or is it possible I got a het? Either way the snake is beutiful! I will be posting pics later on tonight! thanks alot ahead of time!

[Kara]

Well, first you need to accurately determine whether or not they're blood pythons (Python brongersmai) or Borneo short-tailed pythons (Python breitensteini)...

There are genetic striped morphs of each, but unless you know 100% for sure what you're getting, it's just a fancy normal until you do some selective breeding.

K~

[KungPaoChicky]

If I post a picture will someone here be able to positivly ID it, or should I bring it somewhere locally to do it?

[mr~python]

it wouldnt hurt to post a picture.

[Smulkin]

The brongersmai lack a small ring of scales (suboculars) around the eye and the supralabial scales come up right to the eye - the curtus and breitensteini have a prominent ring seperating the supralabials from the eye.


No suboculars


Suboculars

[KungPaoChicky]

[KungPaoChicky]

[Shelby]

Looks like a borneo to me.

[KungPaoChicky]

[Kara]

Pretty Borneo...but doesn't look like a genetic stripe to me...

K~