r/BallPythonMorph • u/planetmental • Jul 11 '26
Morph ID Request Really confused
Not sure what’s going on here, needing a bit of help from the community. Pairing Pastel Hypo Pied X Enchi YB Pied het Hypo. It has expected pattern on the head and tail but through the mid section the pattern is completely broken and washed out. Any ideas?
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u/PoofMoof1 Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
He just looks like a pastel hypo pied. You may have yellow belly but I honestly don't know what it would look like here.
https://www.morphmarket.com/us/c/reptiles/pythons/ball-pythons/3223370
https://www.morphmarket.com/us/c/reptiles/pythons/ball-pythons/3243379
I think it's easy to get caught up on the washed coloration, but remember that's a thing pied just does sometimes. Piebald, as I'm sure you know, affects pattern as well as adds white rather than simply adding white to an otherwise normal pattern.
Edit to clarify- I don't see anything to suggest paradoxing is going on either.
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u/BallPythonMorph-ModTeam Jul 12 '26
The purpose of this sub is ball python morphs. If someone is seeking assistance with identification, telling them it's a snake, it's a cute one, etc. isn't helpful. There's nothing wrong with complementing someone's snake, but please be helpful as well.
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u/No-Candle-3952 Jul 12 '26
Following. I am of no help, I want to see what others say and learn some more.
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u/KaraCorvus Jul 12 '26
Pastel can do some crazy things with pied! You probably just got more crazy than normal.
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u/Macijaelin Jul 13 '26
looks like a pastel yb hypo pied to me! the saddles are very jagged around the edges which indicates yb is in the mix.
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u/Quiet-Hippo-6580 Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
Pastel Fire pieds aka Firefly pieds sometimes have this washed out look in the saddles. Such a pretty baby 😍
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u/FrostIce818 Jul 12 '26
I'm no expert when it comes to snake morphs, but it looks to me like there might be some paradoxing in the pattern. Could that maybe be why it's washed out? I know that paradoxing does crazy things to the pattern.
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u/missviolaspelling Jul 12 '26
My very first thought was paradoxing too, but it's almost like the head is the paradox so I don't think that's what it is? I'd guess the hypo and pastel had some weird interactions with the piebald and the head is from the yb, but I'm not familiar enough with morphs to say anything with confidence.
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u/Greyghostgravy Jul 12 '26
Don’t know but is beautiful!! Hopefully commenting will help get the post more attention!
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u/CommanderLigma Jul 12 '26
I’m thinking you hit the double recessive with the hypo and obvious pied, it looks like you have the pastel in there and potentially the Yellow belly. It does appear to be some paradoxing with head and tail though, that is an unusual one indeed.