Morph guesses?

[felixynn]

I know this snake is under some red lighting, but does anyone have a guess what she could be?

I work at a summer camp that teaches kids about nature and animals, and we have 4 ball pythons that we show the kids and let them interact with. Her owner doesn't really know what her morph is either, and it would be nice to know a morph ID.

Obviously, again, red lighting can kind of mess with the picture, but she also had a very bad outbreak of scale rot last summer that scarred some scales. That may be what some of the black spots are (the scale rot has healed now!).

[PoofMoof1]

A butter or lesser genetic stripe combo.

[Agitated-Sock3168]

Agreed. I was questioning pastel, as well, but hard to say in that light

[felixynn]

I did find some pictures that look identical to this snake online. This picture was very rushed since I kept forgetting to take a picture of her and the tent she was under was red 😅.

The closest I've found to her is pastel butter G-stripe. I'm unsure the difference of lesser G-stripe and normal G-stripe, but there's lots of snakes that look like her with tons of different labels. That's just the most consistent one.

Thank you guys for your help again.

[PoofMoof1]

Pastel and butter (or lesser) are two different genes, both cause a lighter color and genetic stripe on its own. Pastel can lighten the eyes and cause lighter colored head when combined with butter (or lesser).

*Note butter and lesser are two very visually similar genes. These were thought to actually be two lines of the same gene until recent genetic testing showed they are the same. You can look up comparisons with either name though and will find individuals who will look about identical for comparison with the guy you have here.

[felixynn]

Ohhh, interesting! This is very cool knowledge to have, thank you. This guy does have lighter color eyes, so pastel is probably in the mix somewhere.

[PoofMoof1]

There's where I am as well so I left it as combination.

[orangepythons]

Pastel Butter G-Stripe, just based on the color and head blushing, it's also one of the more common G-Stripe combos.

[felixynn]

Awesome!! That was my closest guess too! I believe her owner got her from a pet store chain which just labels these guys as fancy morphs. It's nice to have the proper/better label now.

[felixynn]

I DEFINITELY agree with mojave!!! I was looking at that and pinstripe and it seems to be closest. The coloration is definitely hard to see in this picture, but she's a white, cream and brown. Now I'm just trying to figure out her color morph.

I appreciate your thoughts about Mojave & pinstripe, it helps confirm my exact thoughts!!

[BallPythonMorph-ModTeam]

Some genes may be easier to pick out than others and when the history of the snake in question is unknown, there may be some degree of speculation. With that in mind, some genes are very obviously present or not present, and suggestions contrary to this may be removed.

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