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I purchased this male at the end of last year. He was too small to breed but should be ready by the end of this season. I haven't seen anything else quite like him. He's got a very busy pattern, almost like someone poured carmel syrup down his back and it dripped over the sides into the side saddles. Then, inbetween the side markings he has extreme blushing. There's a faded splotch on his head. His belly has light gray lines running on either side with solid white inbetween, similar to a het pied market but running the entire length of the belly and more gray than black.
Let me know if you've seen another like this and what you think of him.
Many thanks,
Python Joe

Beautiful animal,,,,,,,,,,, awesome!
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Kyle J. Stevens
Royal Variations Ltd.

Many a false step is made from standing still.

I have seen those before and from what I know they are called Harlaquins. Nice looking example of one.
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Matt Lerer
'Ghi Reptiles'
ghireptiles.com

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Joe
I would agree appears to be some type of harlequin.
This is another very variable Morph so as they prove out I am sure there will be many different names for them.....
All genetic harlequins, (that I am aware of to date), have belly striping Thats the only market trait I know of to be sure. Perhaps some others can help or add more insight
Here are some pic of our male we got last year out of Africa...

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Michael Cole
Ballroom Pythons South
863-439-3015
WWW.BallroomPythonsSouth.com

That snakes looks very familiar ....come from Germany?....

Derek Federico

Yes,
I acquired him from Stefan at MS Reptilien at Daytona last year. Stefan gets some neat stuff out of Africa every year. My only regret is not getting his sister also.
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Michael Cole
Ballroom Pythons South
863-439-3015
WWW.BallroomPythonsSouth.com

Joe and Michael, both of your snakes look awesome!

After doing buisness with Michael in the past, it seems like he continues to produce/aquire some of the most interesting pythons around. I am continuously impressed. Can't wait to see what you have on your table at Daytona!
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Alice Cobb

np
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Kyle J. Stevens
Royal Variations Ltd.

Many a false step is made from standing still.

man he is holding all his color even into adult hood. shouldn't of let that one go. but good luck with him.

josh baer
tampabaymorphs

Yeah Josh. we have all let go of something here or there we should have kept.... Wink Wink...
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Michael Cole
Ballroom Pythons South
863-439-3015
WWW.BallroomPythonsSouth.com

Thanks, Josh. The female normal has been eating up a storm, too. They're both doing really well. Joe

I have a male, I got 15 babies from him this year...

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http://www.jasballpythons.com./

what did the babies look like?

is this one? 06 CH!

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1.1 100%4 albino(bell/jolliff)(04.03)
1.1 66%4 albino (05)
1.0 66% dhet 4 snow (jolliff)(04)
2.0 66%4 bell hypo/ghost(04)
1.0 100%4 hypo/ghost(05)
1.0 BHB (05)pastel(05)
3.1 50%4 pie bald(05)
4.0 50%4 clown(05)1 is spotnosed to
2.9 nice normals(05&04)
44 hand picked C.H. balls(boazone)
1.1 red bloods
1.1 black blood(04)
0.1 borneo blood(06)
0.1.1 w. hognose
0.1 66%4 albino w. hognose
1.0 bredl's
1.2 snow/albino/whitesided het4 snow bulls
1.1 het4 albino checkered garters
1.1 albino checkered garters
0.1 WC albino e.garter(boyle county KY)
0.1 ky blue e. garter
1.1 albino cow suckers
0.1 bearded dragon
2.3 e. box turtles
0.1 WC calico leucistic a. toad (has passed)
1.1 super kids Memfis Lance and Linda May

I would breed him to a yellow belly. Looks a little like 1/2 a super stripe from what I have seen.
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John Vandegrift

That is a beautiful snake!!!!

Gorgeous color and pattern!

I hope it proves to be genetic for you!!

Good Luck - keep us posted!
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"

6.34.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and gang)
1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi)
0.1.0 Bredls Python (Smurfette)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Desert Tortoise (Pope John Paul aka JP )
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.0 frogs rescued from pool skimmer
0.0.1 Lizards of unknown origin

Only in pics and yours has to be the BEST. He is sooooo aweosme looking.
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Dave

www.DNReptiles.com
Myspace/DNReptiles
Myspace/blog

Thanks for all your terrific posts. I can see characteristics of "harlequin" but the trait seems so variable it's sometimes difficult to tell what is and what isn't a harlequin.

I heard that someone proved the trait to be dominant (not yet proven co-dom) but the photos I saw looked more like "non-genetic" striped vs "harlequin." Has anyone really proved this out? More information about if this should be a dom/co-dom trait, simple recessive, etc. and pics of parents with babies would be really cool to see.

Here's a shot of his belly.

Pretty cool looking ball you`ve got there. Hope there`s some interesting genetics in him, I`d breed him to a yellow belly...could hatch out something really cool. Good luck Joe. Best wishes, Mark BallPython777.com