A little help please

[Chkadii]

You're seeing something in that bottom pic that I'm clearly not.

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Hmm, I'll see if I can verbalize it...

The most telling sign for me is usually pattern. Mojaves have a particular pattern, where the sides (rosettes/alien heads) tend to be very smooth, round, and drippy. They don't have many "tails" like pastels do in their patterns. There's also a trend of the side patterns being mostly distinct from a dorsal line. They do bleed together sometimes, but it's more clearly a side piece and a dorsal stripe/spot interacting, rather than side pieces passing totally over the spine, like what happens with leopards. Wild-types can also have distinct dorsal patterns (as well as other genes), so this is just one aspect of the pattern.

Then there's color. Mojaves have more consistent background gradients from dorsal to lower sides/belly. Where normals sometimes have head stamps or blushing on their heads, mojaves have more of a "muddier" (I dont mean that in a negatice way) color gradient to them, if any. The one in the picture looks like it's ready to shed, but mojaves have colors ranging from creams to grey, olive, and/or a bit brown. Very earthy tones, and more of a pastel (art medium, not gene) or airbrushed look compared to how sharp patterns are on most wild-types. Mojaves, at least in my experience, tend to be a little smokier looking than mystics, and not as bright. I'm leaning more towards mojave on this one, but a picture of it with a fresh coat of paint wouldn't hurt for confirmation.

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