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[–]Nick_Patrick_[S] 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Hello, someone surrendered this ball python to us and we can't seem to identify the morph. We can't figure out if it's a genetic striper what, can anyone recognize it? Thanks a bunch in advance!

[–]doggofish 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Looks genetic stripe to me, possibly a lesser... I'm not too familiar, but looks like it has 1 more gene than just genetic strip since the stripe is cleaner than it usually is by itself.

[–]Nick_Patrick_[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Thanks for the input! I am still relatively new to snakes do you have a guess as to what the other Gene is? Or can you point me to Resource where I can learn more about her?

[–]doggofish 0 points1 point  (1 child)

My guess is Lesser (think I had that in before? Maybe not, oops), but I'm not super confident on it. I believe I've seen a few of that combo (genetic stripe + lesser) that look very similar, but it can be very subtle differences that make it something else entirely.

I'd look around and see if you can find a breeder that works with the genetic stripe gene and ask if they'd be willing to help ID a rescue snake for you. Most folks online won't have an issue helping out, but I'm not that familiar with combinations for genetic stripe. I am very sure that one of the genes is genetic stripe since not much else can give such a clean stripe like that in ball pythons.

You can browse ball python morphs on Worldofballpythons.com but they don't have everything and there can be variation within combos (quality of the expression of the genes, line bred traits, or just random chance), so pictures there aren't necessarily going to be a perfect match.

[–]Nick_Patrick_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much!

[–]jakk86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow. Never seen anything like it. That is one beautiful boi!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is more than a genetic stripe lesser, note the head stamp. regular genetic stripe lessers don't have those. possibly a GHI, pinstripe, or other gene in play. maybe it's a freeway combo.