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I just came across my copy of The Ball Python Manual which, in 1994 when it was published, was probably one of the most definitive books available on BP. In the section on variation, written by the Barkers, there are a whopping 13 (I don't even know how many there are now; I'm not sure I can count that high) "unusual color and pattern variations of ball pythons that [were] occassionally available in the herpetocultural trade." Among those listed as unproven are Axanthic, Piebald, Striped, Clown and Ghost.

Anyway, I just find stuff like this interesting and thought I would share. Imagine where we will be in another 14 years!

Rob

Nobody replied to this? I thought it was interesting. Who knows where we will be in another 14 years!?!

I have that book too. I love the pied's unproven status. When i first started thinking about bp's spiders and pieds were the only morphs i had heard of. I inherited a bunch of older magazines from a retired herper whose last animal had died a year ago. It is so weird to go through them and see all the info about iguanas...
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