Similar But Different

[JohnNJ]

I saw something interesting in a post about the Morph market and I'd like some more info. Here's a link to the post and some quotes:

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...57&postcount=2

...Lessers go for 600, Mojave's for 300, even though they look *similar*.

Let's continue with this example. Butters, Lessers, and Mojaves all look very similar, differing only slightly. But their prices are different. Mojave's at average go for half the price of Lessers. ... They are recognizable to be either a Mojo, Lesser, or Butter. But they are still similar.

Spiders and Pinstripes can be compared as well. They look *similar* but with more drastic differences than the above examples. They have strongly differing prices as well. Enchi's, Woma's, Banded's all in my opinion look to be *similar*...Yet they're all at different price ranges.

Has anyone ever put together a list of all of the morphs with pictures and physical descriptions? Maybe also the breeding - ?x?

Is there a list of morphs that, like the quoted comments above, look similar. Maybe a ranking of the similar ones based on various criteria, like value or rarity.

Thanks.
JohnNJ

[FatBoy]

I'm not going to get deep here, just share a simple opinion. I don't have a butter but I do have lessers and mojaves and I don't compare them together. I do pay twice as much for lessers but imo lessers are twice as attractive than mojaves. Have to agree with you with the spider - pin therory simply because the combos you can make with spiders strongly outweigh the pin combos, imo.

[hawaiianice99]

Has anyone ever put together a list of all of the morphs with pictures and physical descriptions? Maybe also the breeding - ?x?

Yes it has been done on a few sites, most wont have pics just because of the actual number of pics it would take, and most of us know what they look like or use GOOGLE.

[JohnNJ]

Yes it has been done on a few sites, most wont have pics just because of the actual number of pics it would take, and most of us know what they look like or use GOOGLE.

Great! Any chance you could tell me the addresses of those "few sites?"

Thanks.

[Vacado]

The NERD (New England Reptiles, www.newenglandreptiles.com I think) site is great for studying up on your morphs, and they provide info on the genetics of the morphs, as well as on some of their projects with those morphs. The Graziani site is a good one for this, as well. The Roussis site is also awesome. I'm sorry I don't have the URLs handy but they're simple to find on google.

I spend tons of time drooling over all the morphs and trying to learn about them, so I understand your desire to find picture-heavy sites

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[Vacado]

p.s.

As far as price differences go: a lot of morph pricing is determined by breeding potential, as well. I've seen a lot of cinnamons that look pretty normal, but the reason they cost more is because you can make super cinnys with them (and those are awesome!). The same holds for many yellowbellies. These morphs aren't really expensive in the grand scheme of things, but they are a little more pricey simply because of what you can make with them.

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[JohnNJ]

p.s.

As far as price differences go: a lot of morph pricing is determined by breeding potential, as well. I've seen a lot of cinnamons that look pretty normal, but the reason they cost more is because you can make super cinnys with them (and those are awesome!). The same holds for many yellowbellies. These morphs aren't really expensive in the grand scheme of things, but they are a little more pricey simply because of what you can make with them.

v

I'm not talking about price differences within a morph type. I agree with what you said. I'm talking about a list of morphs that look very similar to other morphs to the untrained eye. The original example was Butters, Lessers and Mojaves look very similar to each other. Any list exist of groupings like that?

[JohnNJ]

*bump*

[wax32]

The NERD (New England Reptiles, www.newenglandreptiles.com I think) site is great for studying up on your morphs ...

'Nuff said.

[JohnNJ]

I'm talking about a list of morphs that look very similar to other morphs to the untrained eye.

The original example was Butters, Lessers and Mojaves look very similar to each other.

Any list exist of groupings like that?

Need 'more said.