My Dinkasaurus Rex

[Slowcountry Balls]

The more research I do, the more I learn about the Ivory/SS complex. The closest match I can find for my dinker (visually) is the Orange Belly line of YB. http://www.worldofballpythons.com/morphs/orange-belly/

Similar overall orange appearence, Similar amounts of blushing, I can also see the Fire-like smudged/burned dots inside the alien heads (especially along the neck). The head marker and nose spots are the only major difference I can see between the two.

Just thinking out loud and using this thread as a journal to collect my thoughts leading up to the conclusion of this project.

That's my snake on World of Ball Pythons and this past season was his first for breeding. Based on the 18 eggs he sired (all hatched), I am beginning to believe he may have a second gene at work. So you might want to keep that in mind. I bought him from a breeder who says he bought him from a breeder who bought him from Ben Siegel. He was sold to me as an Orange Belly (or Orangebelly, depending on who is spelling it), so I sent the picture in before I bred him. To my surprise, none of the 18 babies look quite like their father. 4 of them have great flames and checkered bellies like their dad, but don't have his color, blushing, nor his banding. So hopefully when a few of his daughter's get big enough, I can breed them back to him and find out if there is more at work than just the Orange Belly gene.