Harlequin proven.....?

[bumblebee]

well I think so!! I have had a unproven harlequin female for almost 5 years now. I bought her from a french guy and liked the way she looked. this year she has for the first time laid eggs. I've paired her with a yellowbelly male and after the eggs started to hatch, 2 of the baby's are harlequins without a doubt and an extra bonus is what the yb gene has done with her offspring.

I think they are insanely gorgeous and to top it off it is a female and a male, so I'm well chuffed

curious about ur opinions on them

female




male

[sarahlovesmiike]

Pics of the sire and dam? They're gorgeous babies to boot!

[bumblebee]

this is dad


and mum

[joe23]

im a bit confused. are there two lines of harlequins? here in germany harlequiens are ballpythons that have almonst no side patterns.
they look way different than the harlequins im used to look at.

but they are beautiful for sure tho.

congrats

[Jerhart]

Wow...those are great looking!

[bumblebee]

tnx both, I don't think that there is another line of harlequins

[The Hedgehog]

Those are gorgeous!! Very nice!

[mainbutter]

As far as I know, there is no such thing as a "line" of harlequins.

In general, the term "harlequin" is given to a wild type ball python that has unbroken dorsal striping.

No matter what the name, those babies look incredible, I can't wait to see how they develop. Keep us posted on this project!

(if something new genetically does prove out, I'd suggest calling it something other than "harlequin")

[bsash]

I think that male is super hot. I would seriously buy one of those, never seen anything like it.

[tylersweeney22]

like how that dorsal line goes right into the head