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I just recently bought a pair of het pieds and wanted to know what you guys look for as far as "markers"? I know there isn't anything concrete to look for, just wanted to get some opinions. The ones I bought aren't ringers , but they do have some great looking color to them. They have some heavy orange sides. The male also has a heavy mustache that none of my other normals have. Thanks in advance.

A few post down there are some pics of het pied bellies.
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here is a 100% het pied.

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Jon F

Do all het pieds have that belly pattern?

Reportedly not. That's what makes it controversial, if they all had it pied would be considered co-dominant. While many hets seem to have the pied pattern starting on the belly but not working up onto the back like in a homozygous pied there are some that don't and some presumed normals that have similar patterns. Still, I believe this pattern is very common in het pieds, much more so than in normals so pied appears to be more than text book recessive, maybe “recessive with co-dominant leanings”.

Here is a normal. At least he was sold as a normal. Just like you were saying, he looks to me to have the same type of belly stripe as the one posted earlier.

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Any idea of the source? With for sure het pied males being so cheap it's probably not worth breeding him but I know I've sold possible het pied males with very good markings to pet stores.

He was purchased at a show in Orlando. I can't remember the name of the people we bought him from.
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1.0 Spotted Python
1.0 IJ Carpet Python
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0.1 Macklot's Python
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yank that one out of the egg for the picture LOL? can still see the umblical cord mark. NIce little het pied.
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PHLdyPayne