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sorry messed up pic url
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89693167@N03/8158349843/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89693167@N03/8158350829/in/photostream/

From the dorsal view, it just looks like a typical banded specimen but with a little unusual fading around the edges of the pattern. But looking at the ventral and seeing a a clean separation of the ventral coloration and lateral dorsal coloration with a white line "White walls" on both sides, that is usually indicative of an Anaconda marker, the solid black belly once used to also be considered a marker in conjunction with the unbroken white lateral lines but many breeders, myself included, now have produced Anacondas that do not have solid black bellies.

In my opinion, I would suggest that this very well could be a low expression Anaconda although further breeding with this specimen should be done to substantiate that assumption.

Good luck!
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Troy Rexroth
Rextiles

Thanks much.that was totally the answer i was looking for..I'll bee sure to post a followup when he has a clutch

what do you know about the parents? do you have pics of them?
i would be curious to see what they look like and to know where they came from? maybe someone sold a low expression without knowing it.hmmm
definitely keep us posted on what happens when you do breed this hatchling. conda or not that is a nice looking snake.i hatched one out this season from a low expression het albino male that looks just like that one. congrats

thanks heres mom and dad...hope it helps..
male (gold phase 100% het for albino)
http://flic.kr/p/dqYC9n
female(twin spot 100% het for albino)
http://flic.kr/p/dqYPjq
thanks again for the input

maybe someone sold a low expression without knowing it.

That was an issue several years ago when people thought that there were specific markers that signified an Anaconda from a Normal which proved out to be false markers and low expression Anacondas were just starting to appear which is what caused all the confusion. After serious debates, a few people were then concerned that they had indeed sold low expression Anacondas as Normals, so it's very possible that more people have low expression Anacondas than even they realize.
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Troy Rexroth
Rextiles

I suspect your male is a low expression conda. Can you get a side shot and a belly shot? that will tell the story better.

While he was unable to actually embed the pictures in his original post, he did provide links which shows the dorsal and ventral views. Just to reiterate, here's the links again:

Dorsal view
Ventral view
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Troy Rexroth
Rextiles

Looking at those pictures I'd say thats a conda. I have proven female condas that don't even look that good.

Who sold you that male? Someone must of been wearing a blind fold when they sold it as a normal.
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Hognose, Sand Boa & Ball Python Morphs

Greg Bennett | www.hognose.com

Call me irresponsible but i bought him on a whim and didn't keep track of where i bought him...i could tell you i picked him up in Daytona four years ago..damn Daytona fever got a hold of me

>>Call me irresponsible but i bought him on a whim and didn't keep track of where i bought him...i could tell you i picked him up in Daytona four years ago..damn Daytona fever got a hold of me

Hey sounds like you came out ahead with him.

I'm a little confused. Is the animal pictured in the first post the father or offspring?
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Hognose, Sand Boa & Ball Python Morphs

Greg Bennett | www.hognose.com

The snake with the ventral pic in the first set of pics is the offspring of the adult male and female in the second set of pics the only one in the clutch to with the conda pattern. The siblings are mostly twin spot