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I have this ball python and I think she might be a morph, but I don't know for sure. What are everyone's thoughts on her. Shes the real light one in the picture. PS there is some more pics of her in the link.
Thanks, Joe

http://photobucket.com/albums/e367/retics1/

Fade to brown on back is typical of Pastels...tongue and eye color would be helpful too.
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Mike and David at 3-D Pythons
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Her tongue is pink with a little black on the tip and her eyes are a goldish brown along the outside and black in the center. Hope that helps, heres another picture.
Thanks, Joe

I am going with Pastel on teh surface...may have otehr things in it...here is one of my Pastel Grazianni line males...and some info.

http://www.3dpythons.com/Pastel.html
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Mike and David at 3-D Pythons
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Do pastels have wider (like all three scales) white bellies than that one (the belly pic is of this snake, right?)? Interesting nonetheless.

Didn't see the belly pic...where is that one?
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Mike and David at 3-D Pythons
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Yeah, the belly pic is of her. Her belly is almost completely free of dark pigment and the very little that does come over in about 4 spots is a real washed out gray color.

Joe

See my posts below of a typical pastel belly. Looks pretty similar to your pic of what I could see.
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Mike and David at 3-D Pythons
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Ours are white on typicall teh two main belly scales aither side of teh lat line,...spots creep in on the next row in and out. Here's some pics

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Mike and David at 3-D Pythons
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Typo meant main belly scale transversing the lat line...the two outers have random spotting.

Pale toungue and eyes, fading to brown lat blotches, and lighter color...good candidates for some pastel in there.
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Mike and David at 3-D Pythons
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But it is a interesting snake, I have a few with the belly patterns similar to yours, and the blushing head and sides is good also. I would stick it with a Mojave or yellow belly first, then maybe a ghost the following year depending on that she produces this season, or get a baby from her that looks like her and breed that to her. I also like the faded ETs, If you look at Ghost ball pythons they have the faded ET Eyes, That is the reason I would throw a ghost to her later. Just to see. Hope this helps. Thanks David

Here are some photo's of a Ghost and a pastel and a PastelX pastel breeding, the female pastel breeding is a imported pastel

Thanks for help
joe

IT could be. Heres my oddball male that I have left. Some say burgundy, hypo to just plain normal lol. You wont know until you breed her. As for mine he is just a pet no breeding or anything.