Morph?

[rabernet]

It's a nice "black back" normal with a clear belly.

Here's the thing with black back: it isn't really considered a morph because it isn't always genetic. It just so happens that the snake has fewer markings on it's back, but it may not pass that trait on to offspring. It's like with the north american "tiger" ball python. We call normals with a banded pattern "tigers" but they're still normals. It's more just a name for the kind of pattern it has.

Not entirely correct. There are some lines of tigers that ARE genetic, like Michael Jolliff's tigers. I have them and they are re-produceable. I purchased my founding male from Michael.

Also, some black backs ARE genetic. I've just produced a clutch of black backs from black back parents. Black back cinnie with all black back cinnie babies to black back normal with all black back normal babies.

Here's a male "normal" from that clutch.





While the black back may not be a recognized "morph", when it's genetic, it can be used to enhance other projects.