I don't have a belly pic in my gallery yet, I'll do that later when I get a minute. The Mystics have small flecks of pigment randomly on the belly much like what you see on a Yellow Belly, I call these marks "ticks" for lack of a better word.. Overall the belly is what I would consider a clear belly (with the belly markings mainly on the outer edge of the belly scales) as these marks/ticks are nothing extreme or numerous but regardless these marks are not found on Mojaves as far as I know/have seen, yet another reason I think this line is some form of a Phantom.. I looked at RDR phantoms in Chicago @ Tinley a few years back at Ralph's table. Ralph was kind enough to let me look close at one of his phantoms, this was about a year before I bought my Original Mystic. From what I recall the belly on RDR phantoms is not like a Mojave belly and is laid out more like the Mystic belly.. Mojaves have a very consistant/ predicatable belly with not much variation, unlike Mystics or phantoms which have a variable belly with random "ticks' in the belly scales like the Yb's do. Once Mystics are linebred to each other it will answer everything I need to know.. The pic with 2 Balls is a Mojave (larger one) and a Mystic baby intended to compare the 2 lines. Anthony McCain-McCain's Reptiles..

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