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[Jumpforyourlife]

I'm new to this forum, and we just got our first Ball Python about two weeks ago. I've been around snakes a lot in the past and had a corn snake at one point, but I've always wanted a ball!

I do have one question. When we got our little girl, the shop owner told us that she is a leopard Mojave and that this is a very new morph. I was looking in the morphs section of the forum and didn't see this one listed.....was the guy full of crap, or is it very new like he said?
I can't post a photo from my phone, but she is in my avatar photo!

[BoiseBallz]

A Leopard Mojave is a not a necessarily a "morph" per se, but rather a combo of the Leopard and Mojave morphs. I guess it really depends on where you fall with respect to "ball-netics" vernacular. Some would say that it is a morph, and that it is a combo of the "base" morphs Leopard and Mojave. That's neither here, nor there, though.

If you bred a Leopard with a Mojave, on average, 25% of the offspring would be normals; 25% would be Leopards; 25% would be Mojaves; and 25% would be Leopard Mojaves.

Both Leopard and Mojave have been around for a while (Mojave longer than Leopard), as has the combo.

World of Ball Pythons Genetics Wizard is a good tool for looking at some of this stuff if you are interested:
http://www.worldofballpythons.com/mo...eopard-mojave/

[Aercadia]

Welcome! :) looking forward to seeing pics of your new acquisition!

[adizziedoll]

I wish I could see a larger picture! Your lady looks very interesting from what I can see

[Albert Clark]

Welcome Jump, nice to have you on the forum.

[Reinz]

Welcome to the forum. Nice looking snake!

[Jumpforyourlife]

Thanks everyone!
I will get on from my computer tonight and post a photo of her. She's got such a great personality, the perfect first snake for us!

[Jumpforyourlife]

A Leopard Mojave is a not a necessarily a "morph" per se, but rather a combo of the Leopard and Mojave morphs. I guess it really depends on where you fall with respect to "ball-netics" vernacular. Some would say that it is a morph, and that it is a combo of the "base" morphs Leopard and Mojave. That's neither here, nor there, though.

If you bred a Leopard with a Mojave, on average, 25% of the offspring would be normals; 25% would be Leopards; 25% would be Mojaves; and 25% would be Leopard Mojaves.

Both Leopard and Mojave have been around for a while (Mojave longer than Leopard), as has the combo.

World of Ball Pythons Genetics Wizard is a good tool for looking at some of this stuff if you are interested:
http://www.worldofballpythons.com/mo...eopard-mojave/

That makes sense! I will definitely check out that site....I don't know much about snake genetics but it seems pretty interesting. I honestly think the shop owner is kind of full of it...but either way we got a wonderful baby!

[Jumpforyourlife]

I love this little dork, so much!

[J&A exotics]

welcome and congrats she looks pretty cool