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Im not positive of what the belly markings should be on a het pied. I have seen people post pics in the past, but its been awhile. Can someone explain what the markings should look like and post a picture (if possible). Here is a baby ball that I beleive looks like the markings, but correct if Im wrong. I not going through all my snakes looking for a morph. I just saw this very clean belly/markings and thought I would ask more experience breeders.

Thanks,
Kyle

another pic

Thanks,
Kyle

I don't know alot about these belly markings but I do know most of the time they look more towards the tail, might help to put a picture up of that. And I do believe that the markings still haven't been proven to really mean they are het pied, but I could be wrong.
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Misty Sprouse Ball Pythons

Here is a pic for you ... You can also look at this link ...

http://www.nextworldexotics.com/hg.htm

http://www.nextworldexotics.com/hghpm.htm

thank you, answers all my questions. I just have a snake w/ a clean belly. Thanks again

Kyle

Please tell me that's an actual 100% Heterozygous Piebald.

Chris
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mean people suck

That is one of my poss het pied ... The male 100% het father has the "marker" trait and out of 4.3 babies, 1.2 has "marker" like the father ...

Eric

The reason I asked is I've noticed that along with the two previously mentioned marker traits (black lines and clear belly) many Het Pieds or PH Pieds seem to have a little orangish pre-Ringer discoloration on the belly. I'd be interested to see if this is perhaps a third marker trait and how often these pre-Ringer animals prove out.

Chris
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mean people suck

Thats very worth looking into.Especially when you think about all the ch females with clear/border-striped bellies that people bred to their 100% het pied males.
Everything is genetic after all.Perhaps maybe even those non-het clear/border striped hatchlings from normals...lol
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Charles Glaspie

Tanstaafl:
"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch".
An acronym created by my favorite author Robert A. Heinlein.

no your right about the marking, doesn't always mean there het.

The marker traits (belly markings) are generally considered to occur in the last 1/3 of the tail just above the vent.

This is an old photo of a completely normal animal with the so-called marker traits. Notice the black lines outlining the last 1/3 of the tail as well as the clear belly.

Hope this helps...

Chris
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mean people suck

Here it is...

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mean people suck

Thank you that helps out alot. This one I have doesn't show the pied markings