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Yellow belly or not?

turboturtle240 Sep 18, 2010 01:06 AM

I Purchased this little male from Ben Siegels reptile in late may while i was visiting my home town, he was in a cage with 2 other young adults with a $50 price tag on the tank, I instantly was drawn to him and told the salesman that's the one. He told me he needed to check with the the manager because he believed the snake was a yellow belly and said he would get in trouble. I followed him to the manager and she said " If it said 50, we gotta do it for 50 ". I never got an answer, so I'm satisfied with opinions, take into consideration that these pictures were taken off a crappy phone camera. The first picture is for reference on the contrast of the color.

All help is appreciated.



Replies (9)

turboturtle240 Sep 18, 2010 01:09 AM

bigbearhook Sep 18, 2010 01:43 AM

i'd say no. Pattern and what little i see of the belly aren't right.

kingofspades Sep 18, 2010 05:41 AM

Here's mine as well for reference.


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vcane Sep 18, 2010 08:17 AM

belly should look like this

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JoshMolone Sep 18, 2010 12:59 PM

He looks pretty normal, but here are some pictures of my Yellow Belly, whos a similar size to your snake.
Maby this will help answer your question.


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BAM_Reptiles Sep 18, 2010 04:44 PM

gunna go out a limb, if a big name like ben sold you a snake as a normal ...... guess what? its a normal. also it looks nothing even close to a yellow belly.
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normwagnerjr Sep 18, 2010 05:34 PM

i have been into the yellow belly jean from the start of my collection no one realy knows here me but that does not have the typical look overall

AScottHager Sep 18, 2010 09:03 PM

Thanks for the memories. You used to see a couple of these a week. I haven't seen a request for YB verification in months/years.
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turboturtle240 Sep 19, 2010 12:18 AM

Yeah definitely just a normal, I had been counting him as another normal but was hoping. The pictures of the known yellow bellys really contrast the differences. Thanks to everyone for the help. I haven't had any experience with yellow belly morphs before, didn't know what to look for, but the difference is obvious now. Pattern and the lack of speckling on the belly scales.

Thanks guys

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