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Q. What is a Mojave?

GENETICS:
Incomplete Dominant (Co- Dominant ) A Mojave breed to a normal will produce 50% Mojaves and 50% Normals. A Mojave breed to a Mojave will produce 25% Blue Eyed Lucys / 50% Mojaves / 25% Normals

1. Mojaves are pretty easy to identify, They are a color and pattern morph. Lets start with Flames, Mojaves are covered in flames from neck to tail. Flames are shown in the RED circles. They also have a pattern we have termed "Mojave Pattern" as shown with the BLUE arrows. I will go over the pattern again later in the guide. Cinnamons also have the "Mojave Pattern". The color part is due to the Bright yellow back and upper sides shown in PURPLE and the blue-ish grey color on the lower sides. The head of a Mojave is NOT faded like most other morphs shown with the GREEN arrow.

2. Pattern... The "Mojave Pattern" is Shown with the BLUE circles and arrows. Instead of the "Alien Heads" common on Normal Ball pythons ( This animals has a single "Alien Head" shown in YELLOW) , the Mojave has 1 Black dot instead of 2 and it alternates from Flames shown in RED to Mojave Circles ( in BLUE) as I call them, to Flames again all the way down the body.

3. Another common trait of the Mojave is Blushing, shown with the RED circles. Mojaves have varying degrees of Blushing, some have a lot like this animal, and some have very little. Once again you will see the "Mojave Pattern" or "Mojave Circles" in BLUE

4. Color... This is an animal with very contrasting colors. The Yellow is shown with the PURPLE arrows. This animal also has very deep Black on it back and the Grey - Blue lower sides.

There are many more variations, but they all follow the same rules.

1. Non faded Head.
2. Very contrasting colors, vibrant yellows, deep blacks, and blue- grey body color
3. "Mojave Pattern"
4. Varying degrees of Blushing

Hope this helps,
The Guide

Jon Dvoretz
Next World Exotics

Hunters Guide

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Thanks
Jon Dvoretz
Next World Exotics
www.nextworldexotics.com

The Hunters Guide to the Morphs
www.nextworldexotics.com/hg.htm

Jon -

Great job - any chance at getting a comparison with a Lesser? I can never tell those two appart.

Thanks,
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"

7.33.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and gang)
1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi - yeah I know but my kids love the book)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Desert Tortoise (Pope John Paul aka JP )
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.2 frogs rescued from pool skimmer

Lessers are coming...soon
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Thanks
Jon Dvoretz
Next World Exotics
www.nextworldexotics.com

The Hunters Guide to the Morphs
www.nextworldexotics.com/hg.htm

Cool, I didn't know about the alien eyes. It just seemed to me that the dark pattern was wider so I guess that doesn't leave as much room for two eyes in the light areas.

What about the belly? Are they always white and how wide and any odd edge effects?

Thanks!

This is an old pic. But hope it helps.

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Thomas Jones
aligatorhunter@cox.net