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It's been five years since we got the original female as a baby. These were the result of breeding her back to her son. From a clutch of seven, we got four of these crazy little stripers. They hatched yesterday - can't wait to see the colors after they've shed.

We've got another clutch coming from her sister (also aberrant looking) bred to the same male... should be interesting.

We wish you all the best this breeding season,
Dan

looks like you have something there Dan..BIG congrats.

Very Nice!!

That is cool. Can we see a picture of the adults?

WOW.... Amazing looking babies.
Congrats to those =)
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Mattias

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Outstanding! I'd love to see the parents too.
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Those are awesome! I think after the last few days it's safe to say that we are far from having seen it all when it comes to ball pythons. Congrats on those awesome babies!
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Those look great! I love the dark animals. Can we see mom?
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That is definitely a wow!
Congrats!!!
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As requested, here are the parents (male is on top). As you can see, they aren't all that crazy looking. The only thing that gave me confidence that it might be genetic, was the fact that many of the offspring from the first clutches from this female and her sister were "a bit off" pattern wise.

Thanks for all the positive feedback. I have a few combos in mind...

Dan

It will be a couple months, but I'll post some photos when her sister's eggs hatch.
Dan

Very Nice Dan!

Those have a real interesting Harlequin look to them.
Great looking snakes.
I hope to see more when the other clutch hatches.
Take care.

Your friend,
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>>Very Nice Dan!
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>>Those have a real interesting Harlequin look to them.
>>Great looking snakes.
>>I hope to see more when the other clutch hatches.
>>Take care.
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>>Your friend,
>>Harlin Wall - WALL TO WALL REPTILES!
>>970-245-7611
>>970-255-9255

Yeah that's what i was thinking..Actual genetic harleys! I mean think of the numbers of harlequins that DIDN'T prove out for alot of folks,(hell,i'm one of them).

Huge congrats Dan!...,and best of luck on clutch two.
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Charles Glaspie
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Dan, You've done it again!

Justin
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Very cool little buggers! Looks like you have been working on this a while so I am sure the validation of your efforts is sweet. Best of luck with this. I really like these little "Darth Vaders"
Grant

Amazing looking project! Huge congrats!
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Ben R.
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beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!! love it. congrats, they are very, very, very nice.
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Hey Dan,

Is there any possibility of getting some belly pics?
Thanks in advance.

Take care.

Harlin

Mr Dan, Those are excellent.. I Just wanted to tell you I think they look great and the Super Pastel I aquired from you through a friend is an excellent example of the snakes you put out. Thank you, Jay from Sunny AZ
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JEM from sunny AZ.

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2.7 Normal Spiders
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0.2 Spiders 66% het Ghost(Thanks Steve Beamer)
1.3 Orange/Butterscotch Ghosts(BallPython777 Mark Petros)
0.6 100% het Orange Ghosts
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1.6 Cinnamons(Thanks Stan Ruppel)
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0.1 Chocolates(Thanks Brandon of Priceless Pythons)
1.3 Lessers(Josh Hutto)
3.2 Fire's(Thanks Brandon of Priceless Pythons)
1.2 High White Calico's(Thanks Brent from BRB)
1.1 SpotNoses(Thanks Brandon of Priceless Pythons)
1.1 Enchi's (Me and Josh Hutto, Thanks again Josh)
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0.1 Lemon Blast
1.0 Vanilla Ghost(Thanks again GCR for all the great snakes)
0.1 Super Vanilla Ghost(Awesome Chris and Shelia from GCR)
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Congratulations Dan! Do you think it is a Co-Dom trait and the Stripers are the Super or is it Recessive and the Het’s have markers?
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Albey Scholl
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Hi Albey,

I'm reluctant to even speculate at this point. I want to wait to see what hatches out of the sister's clutch. She just had her pre-lay shed last week, so we're looking at another ten weeks or so.

What complicates this story further is the fact that the grandfather of these babies (the father's father) is a very cool aberrant striped snake as well. He was an African hatch. He doesn't look too much like these babies. His stripe is very uniform and clean, and he is over-all much more balanced and symmetrical looking. I paired him with the sisters hoping something might line up genetically (even though they really do not look alike). So although I think it's more likely that what we're seeing in these striped babies is the result of the moms genetics, there is the possibility that the grandfather may be contributing something as well.

I do have what feels like a four egg clutch coming from the Grandfather of these babies, bred to one of his daughters (a sibling to the father of the new stripers). So that may prove interesting as well. Man this stuff get confusing and convoluted fast... I'd be lost if I didn't keep good records

Hopefully the mystery will be solved as these next clutches hatch.

Take care,
Dan

Those are very cool, Dinking rocks.

Dave

Wicked Sweet! Congrats Dan!
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Scott Priester
Brookside Reptiles

That is sweet...and gives me hope for my female dinker.
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Those are awesome Dan! I can't wait til the sister's clutch hatches . . . .
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Alice Cobb
Florida Reptile Room

Wow, Dan, congrats on producing such an awesome clutch after all that time and work! Sounds like the story is still unfolding, so please keep us updated. Awesome!

I am a big fan of this kind of striping, way to go Dan!
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those are B.A.D.A.S.S.

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Really nice Dan. Big congradulations with that clutch. IS this part of the black lace project?

Marshall

Hey Marshall,

No it's not part of the Black Lace project, however I'm hoping for some cool stuff from that one also. Do you have trouble sleeping this time of year too?
Dan

WOW BEAUTIFUL BABIES!. Do you have a name planned for them if they prove out?
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Really nice Dan. Big congradulations with that clutch. IS this part of the black lace project?

Have you named em yet? The Super is fantastic man, the morphs are cool, but the Super.....

Dave