Here we go again... Is it a Yellow Belly?

[ClarkT]

Well, we're most likely going to breed her to a YB to see if she proves out. We'll see.
I just wanted to bump this thread, too, in the hopes of getting a few more to weigh in...

Thanks all for the replies.

[Bruce Whitehead]

I am going to say no... but if you are seeing similarities on various markers, then as Del said, hold back a son to breed back to mom.

You may get a nice grey headed snake with a yellow dorsal stripe (sorry ivories are NOT white), or you may get something new and interesting. Or a clutch of normal babes that look like both parents.

But I am an incurable optimist when I see similarities between the parents and the offspring.

Bruce

[KingPythons]

I would say it's not but it sure has some pretty orange in it.
male yb

Crown on head

Offspring

[saskia]

I say it's a Y-B.

[DemmBalls]

It looks enough like YB that I would be breeding it to a YB. You'll never know until then.

[Freakie_frog]

I'm going to say no. That is unless you produced it from an Ivory breeding.

[yardy]

I'm going to say no. That is unless you produced it from an Ivory breeding.

It does look a lot like a yellow belly to me but these things are always difficult from photos. I fail to understand why yellow bellies are so undervalued given some of the very cool combo morphs they can produce; ivories, the various stripes, pastel y/b's etc-they are also very nice snakes in their own right. I also think that female y/b's are very useful royals to have. I would say keep back a boy to breed to his mother & prove it out one way or another but I would have a reasonably high expectation of an ivory.

[Wh00h0069]

Looks like a normal to me.

[snakesRkewl]

I would breed a yb or yb combo to her if you can afford one.
I believe she's a flamed up normal.

[CCfive]

I wouldn't be able pick out a yb if my life depended on it!