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I'mtrying to find out if my BP is what ya'll would call a 'normal' and find out a little bit more about the other breeds.

Yes, that looks like a nice normal. Welcome to the world of ball pythons.
The different color and pattern morphs are numerous, with new combos appearing all the time.
I would advise getting one of the many great books on ball pythons.
I have and recommend, "The Complete Ball Python" by Kevin McCurley.

David Perkins

Yes, yours looks like a 'normal' type.

However, there's not necessarily "breeds" of snakes. In the reptile world, we refer to differences in colors and pattern as a "morph". The main difference is that while a dog can be a daschund or a great dane (two very different BREEDS), a ball python is still a ball python, it's just a different color or pattern. A black great dane and a white great dane are both still great danes, they're just different "morphs", or colors. Does that make sense?

Normal ball pythons come in so many colors and naturally varying patterns that it can seem like you have a morph, when it is just a very pretty normal.

For instance, here's my collection of normals - each and every one of these snakes is a normal!

So you get the idea

Enjoy the forum!!

~jenny
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