What morph is this (possible calico jigsaw blast? - Lots of pics)

[hockeygirl28]

Hey guys,

Can you help me ID this ball python? She hatched out a couple weeks ago from my Lemonblast female. She laid with an Enchi Mojave Spider, as well as a Calico Mojave.

You can see how much contrast she has between her stripe (bright golden yellow) to her sides (very white at the bottom). At first we thought she was just a jigsaw blast, but the contrast has me a bit puzzled, as all the jigsaw blasts I've seen in the past have minimal contrast.

I'm nearly 100% positive she has atleast pastel, pinstripe, and mojave. I'm just not sure if she also has Calico.

This is her from above next to her sister Lemonblast.


Here's another pic a little zoomed in:


Here is the view from the side (zoomed in)


Another from the side, you can see how reduced her pattern gets along the base. She has a completely patternless bottom, and she is very faded along the bottom half of her sides:


And one last one from above, you can see how bright her stripe is in comparison to the rest of her:


Can anyone with help confirm what we've got here? I tried to find some pictures of a calico jigsaw blast online but they aren't on WoBP.

Thanks!
Sarah

[ajmreptiles]

well, its defiantly a jigsaw blast., but it's hard for me to tell if there's calico in there though

[Albert Clark]

I was thinking Jigsaw. Fantastic animal. Congratulations!

[hockeygirl28]

well, its defiantly a jigsaw blast., but it's hard for me to tell if there's calico in there though

Yea, hard for us as well. Anyone know any surefire way of determining a calico?

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[Daigga]

The problem I'm thinking you're running into is that calico is super subtle when combined with pinstripe (just look at the example pictures of the table saw). It could go either way, honestly. What I'm mostly seeing on WOBP is that calico has a tendency to whack out the pattern near the tail when involved in pastel combos, can you get a better picture of the back third of her?

[hockeygirl28]

The problem I'm thinking you're running into is that calico is super subtle when combined with pinstripe (just look at the example pictures of the table saw). It could go either way, honestly. What I'm mostly seeing on WOBP is that calico has a tendency to whack out the pattern near the tail when involved in pastel combos, can you get a better picture of the back third of her?

I don't have any specific pics of the tail right now. It's a bit lighter but nothing crazy. It does seem to me that pinstripe makes it tough. The biggest thing I see that makes me think she's not a regular jigsaw blast is the contrasting yellow of the stripe vs the white of her sides. I haven't seen much contrast in the jigsaw blasts I've seen.

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[Tsanford]

That's the brightest jigsaw Ive seen, if that is all that's there.

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[hockeygirl28]

That's the brightest jigsaw Ive seen, if that is all that's there.

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I'm fairly confident she's got some pastel as well, but from what I've seen on WOBP, jigsaw blasts don't have the same level of color differentiation between the stripe and the sides, and don't have such white sides in general.

Here are jigsaw blasts on WOBP:

http://www.worldofballpythons.com/morphs/jigsaw-blast/

She is either not a jigsaw blast, or just a really bright, high contrast jigsaw blast.

[Daigga]

I would say odds are pretty good she has calico in her. Are you planning on holding her back or selling her? May just need to label her a jigsaw blast probable calico until she proves out.

[hockeygirl28]

I would say odds are pretty good she has calico in her. Are you planning on holding her back or selling her? May just need to label her a jigsaw blast probable calico until she proves out.

I think we're going to hang on to her. She's either a 4 gene female, or a really cool 3 gene female. In any case she projects to be an awesome female in 3 years, could do some real cool things with a her.

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