Ball Python ID

Badidea04

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I recently rescued a female supposed to be normal ball python. And a male supposed to be pastel ball python. I would just like to get some thoughts and opinions on what you guys think? The first two pictures are the female, and the last picture is the male. DSC_0673.JPGDSC_0672.JPGDSC_0677.JPG

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izzy_here

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Both look normal to me as well, however some pastels can brown out enough to resemble a normal...there seems to be alot of blushing on that male for a normal.
 

Miguel

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Both nominal.
 

Shenanigans

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+1 izzy
The female is a normal. The male does not look it to me. If you look at the blushing on the bands(near the spine) that doesnt look like a normal pattern. Pastels rarely hold their bright colors to adulthood. Once they reach a certain size most colors or patterns will fade or change slightly. It could be pastel but there are a few other morphs like look pretty close making it hard to positive ID from a photo. Only real way is to breed it and prove out the genetics, but its not normal
 

izzy_here

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I truly doubt bob clark would send give me a pastel instead of a normal. Mine looks identical.


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Not all pastels look alike, just as not all normals look alike. Some normals have enough blushing so as to appear almost pastel, some pastels are so brown they almost appear normal. The fact that your snake came from Bob Clark explains why it might have exceptional blushing for a normal...but the snake in question didn't come from Bob Clark. To compare the two is like comparing apples & oranges, only very select strains of normal BPs would have that much blushing. However browned out pastels are a dime a dozen.

Only real way is to breed it and prove out the genetics, but its not normal
+1 shenanigans
 

crayfishguy

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^ how do you know where it came from? In any case, it looks normal to me, but i do agree there is a small possibility it is a pastel. Breed them and find out.


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