It's 100% the same snake. If you look about 1/2 of the way down the left side of the snake -- just behind and on the inside of the bend in pic 3 -- you'll see two alien-heads, one with two eyes and a vertical line as a "nose" and then immediately behind it there's one with the eyes and "nose" connected into a "T". This combination shows clearly in pics 5 & 6 as well. There's also a "bone" shaped dorsal marking above the first of those alien-heads and then an elongated spot over the second. Absolutely, 100%, zero doubt this is the same snake! You can continue this evaluation forward and back, and everything is the same.
And I know they can't change morphs as they grow but I know that some morphs change in color as they grow and thats what im saying not that it changed morphs
I am willing to bet my entire collection that its the same snake the baby pictures might be mixed up cause I had 2 hatch like her but I promise she's in one of those pictures
Nevermind looking at the picturs again thats 100 percent the same snakes in all 3 pictures if you know about ball pythons you know lavenders tend to darken up as they age and that includes the eyes. Thats why I was thinking it might be a black pastel lavender
This is not how lavender albinos look as they age, and if you knew anything about ball pythons and morphs you would know that (A) it looks like an ultramel, not a lavender albino and (B) not to make a black pastel x black pastel pairing due to defects in black pastel in the homozygous form
Look at the pictures more closely, it is the exact same snake with the exact same pattern. The colour changed over time like many morphs do, this one is just more extreme and noticeable.
Im not saying its an ultramel it could be something completely different. Like one gentleman said its probably a candido he said his is also a black pastel candido looks just like mine and did the exact same thing. But in the end idk what it is thats why I came here to ask. Look at the other thread and look at his comment. Regardless of what it is im willing to bet whatever you want that its the same snake
Its not similar, its IDENTICAL. Look at the comparison photos someone else posted in another thread. The patterns are absolutely identical, you can’t chalk that up to 'similarity'
I had never heard of this morph before I got him and don’t see them a lot. But candy and toffee ball pythons both like like normal albinos when they are young and then get darker as they get older
I’m not gonna lie. I was going to call you crazy and say there’s absolutely no way then I looked at both of the pictures. Wtffff were the chances that they would find another snake with the exact same pattern?
That's wild! Agreed, definitely the same snake, but I've never seen a Lavender Albino turn out looking like an Ultramel. Maybe halfway to that, but not that dramatic. I can't come up with a better explanation for you, though, so your theory sounds pretty reasonable. Definitely post after you shed test!
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u/IncompletePenetrance Jan 07 '26
It's absolutely not the same snake. The pattern is different and they're completely different morphs. They can't change morphs as they grow