So what is she!?

[Holbeird]

My wife and I recently got a snake from a local breeder who was getting out of snakes. We got this snake from him that was just gorgeous, she's gotten more and more beautiful with each shed!

We got her as a normal, but the more I look at her, I'm not so sure she's a normal!

It could be just wishful thinking, but she's just soo pretty.

Her head is extremly light, and when I put her next to slithers, they're color is very differnt. Camille is a light, cinnamon color while slithers is much more olive/brown-ish. Also camille has a weird patter and weird blushing. Her head is also a very light color, and seems to get lighter with each shed, I'm not sure what's going on with her, is she something special, or just a cool looking normal, I dunno. Right now my batteries are dead on my digital camera, but I got some pictures a week or so ago, two to show you the color differance, and one that shows a little bit of her back blushing/flames, and the one trying to capture just how light her head is, but her head looks way more dark in this picture than it does IRL. Anyway here are the pictures, tell me what you think!

Tail Contrast

This doesn't show how light her head is

Contrast and some neck blushing

Back blushing and some flames/side blushing?


Also, if you look at that last picture, near the top, you can see her head starting to go off screen, that caught how light her head is a bit more than the head shot, but it still doesn't show JUST how light her head is, anyway, what do you guys think? Am I crazy?

[JLC]

"Wild type" or "normal" ball pythons are extremely variable in both color and pattern. The chances these days of buying a normal and "accidently" getting a morph are extraordinarily slim.


I'd say most likely she's just a very, very pretty normal. But you can always try breeding her out to see if anything interesting pops up. She looks like she'd throw some mighty fine pastels if bred to a nice pastel male.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

She is a pretty Wild Type / Normal