So instead of putting a fancy name on it, why not just call yellowbellies and russos "normal het. for ivory" if thats really all they're used for? I dunno...I guess if the snake has a fancy name, I expect it to look unique. If I walk up to a table, and see "het. ivory" I know actually what that means. If I just see "yellow-belly"...I don't know what that means, but I think I'm looking at a normal and wonder to myself "why is this so special?" But then I guess I'm not inside the BP morph circle to automatically know all that ahead of time.

This kinda stemmed from an experience several months ago when I went to a show. This one guy had a bunch of baby red-tail boas (not balls, mind you). Most were like $70-80ish, but this one had a $499 price label on it. It sure didn't look very special to me, so I asked him why it was so much higher. His reply was "I dunno...I just picked that one out of the bag and it didnt look like any other RTB I'd ever seen." Upon further inspection, the boa did kinda have a interesting pattern....but certainly not enough to warrant a $400 difference...especially if it wasn't proven to be genetic or anything.

I'm not saying all dealers and breeders are like that, and I guess the price is worth it based on their potential for other more awesome morphs. But I'm just waiting for someone to slap an extra $50 on a BP just because it has a micky mouse shape in its markings.