Harlequin?? Ive been told thats what he is but he doesnt look like anything Ive seen?

[Rat160]

So I thought I would reach out to the ball python community and see if anyone had any insight. I also attached a picture of him with one of my normal females so you can see the color difference.[IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG]

[python_addict]

wow ive seen pics of some and yeah he does but either way i love his pattern

[llovelace]

You know my eyesight isn't what it used to be, a closer inspection is needed , he's nice

[AKballs]

That guy is the closest thing ive seen to my dinker female! a few people have told me that she looks like a harlequin but I think shes different. I definitely think we both got something new here! Heres my girl

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

Unless something has changed in the last few years, harlequin is just the word used to describe a random pattern mutation with a long stripe. It isn't usually genetic though.

I'd still love to dink around with it though. I love the looks of those striped ones.

[FIEND_FO_LYFE]

Looks like a Harlequin. But the thing is, Harlequin BPs are not genetic. Just a funky normal. You could call it a Earthquakemegapoopy ball if you wanted , because its just a cool normal, and people want to toss a name on it. All in all, its one sweet lookin' norm.

[Rat160]

Beautiful girl. So you wanna sell her?? Lol If I can prove anything out ill give you credit And to my knowledge they aren't genetic but who knows. I bred him to a normal this year to see what happens. Anyway I am serious about buying your girl if you do want to sell her that is

[AKballs]

Beautiful girl. So you wanna sell her?? Lol If I can prove anything out ill give you credit And to my knowledge they aren't genetic but who knows. I bred him to a normal this year to see what happens. Anyway I am serious about buying your girl if you do want to sell her that is

LOL I was actually going to ask if you wanted to sell him or maybe let me breed him to my female and I would give you a couple of the babies. Im actually living in Olympia WA rigt now for a while so im not too far from you It would be cool to maybe have him come over for a date! lol I cant wait to see what he produces with your normal! Im breeding her to my lesser this is a pic of him

[Rat160]

Yeah, the more I look at your girl the more I say they are identical! I really would at a min like to possibly breed them together if you weren't willing to sell. We would have to discuss it though but I don't think me taking a trip to Olympia is out of the question. I go up to Seattle from time to time for kicks. I do most of my breeding right now with a buddy of mine who has started his own company. so most of my stuff is over there at the moment. So no chance of you selling her?

[AKballs]

Yeah Ive searched all over trying to find something like her and he definitely looks like her a lot! I dont think Im interested in selling her right now but I will be going back to Alaska eventually so if I dont end up being able to take her I would be more then willing to sell her to you especially with that male you got!
I was thinking about trying to breed her out of season to my lesser just because shes at a really healthy weight of 2680 grams and has never been breed but I havent decided yet