I received a PM from Jopay about Sable Identifying marks, and have seen a few posts about them as well. So, I took a couple pictures of some of hatchlings from this year, and will include some pics of our original Sable that I took a couple years ago. Hopefully these pictures will help to display some of the identifiers that I have noticed. As with any genetic trait, there is some variability, but I have noticed that Sables have distinct belly patterning, and the other big thing I have noticed is the aberrencies of the Alien eyes. Almost every Sable we have also has what I call "Mr. Microphone" alien heads. The best description I can come up with is that the alien eye looks like a half moon inserted in the alien head. These can be seen in the pictures. Lastly, I have noticed that most babies, and almost every adult has lots of black tipping on the scales in the lower half of the body. This looks kind of like pepper sprinkled all over the scales (similar to what is seen in alot of granites). This typically comes in with more intensity as the animal grows and sheds. Also as they grow and shed, the overall snake appears to darken and get a blacker appearance. Please let me know if anyone would like to see other pictures, or has any other questions.
This is the belly pic of our original Sable.
Here is another belly pic of one of our babies from this year.
This is a pic of our original Sable at about 1 years old.
This is a pic of one of our hatchlings that shows the "MR. Microphone" alien heads, black scale tipping, and other aberrent alien eyes.
Hope this was able to help,
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