Here is an older pic of the female I got at the same time as the male. From time to time I've seen ads showing ball pythons with this same look. There also used to be someone who advertised "Bengal Balls" (that's what I remember them being called, not 100% certain) that were this same appearance but more regular banding and beautiful high contrast. They may still be around, I just don't recall seeing the ad for a couple of years.

It makes sense to me that this would be an heritable trait that "blends", isn't just simple recessive, and may be common, or predominate, in a geographic area. So if these two breed together they would produce offspring very similar to them both, perhaps even more exaggerated. But bred to more normal appearing balls the banding would be diluted or lost.

Whether or not that's the case, I do like this look alot, and for a hobbyist, that's what it comes down to, isn't it?

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