I am an admitted BP newbie - I've got 1.1 and had the male since February, the female since April. I've been seeing an ad in the classifieds for "clear belly balls" - they're two females and asking $500 each for them. Is this really an unusual trait? I have a CH '04 female that weighs in at 394 grams right now, and unless I'm missing something, her belly looks just like theirs. I'll post pics below. Someone clear me up if I'm missing something key here, or if the clear belly trait really isn't anything unusual. Thanks!
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"Clear Belly Balls"???
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Inhabitants of the reptile room:
Leopard geckos, pictus geckos, crested geckos, african fat-tails, Paroedura bastardi bastardi, Bent-Toed geckos, a velvet gecko, Henkel's Leaf Tails, Bibron's geckos, Texas Banded Geckos, Corn snakes, Ball Pythons, Honduran milks, a single Taiwan Beauty, Leucistic Texas Rats, Solomon Island Tree Boas, a pair of Mali Uromastyx, and a single baby bearded dragon... whew, I think that's it.......
Her name is Sophie, and she's a witch in the worst sense....
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Inhabitants of the reptile room:
Leopard geckos, pictus geckos, crested geckos, african fat-tails, Paroedura bastardi bastardi, Bent-Toed geckos, a velvet gecko, Henkel's Leaf Tails, Bibron's geckos, Texas Banded Geckos, Corn snakes, Ball Pythons, Honduran milks, a single Taiwan Beauty, Leucistic Texas Rats, Solomon Island Tree Boas, a pair of Mali Uromastyx, and a single baby bearded dragon... whew, I think that's it.......
Clear bellies aren't incredibly rare but with so many known genetic morphs having clear bellies I decided to pick through some imports and found 2 out of about 60 myself. I think they are worth a premium just in case but it's probably not a huge premium given that it's a long shot that they are hets for some more striking homozygous form.
