Expensive Snake

[AnAcOnDaMaN]

Hey guys as i was browsing today qat the lcoal pet store for ball phythons or a beardie, not sure which one i want, the guy showed me a pick o this snake that had a pattern of yellow and PURE WHITE he told me he was gonna get it but it was 10,000$!!!! Can u tell me why it is so expensive and whats its called?

[Ace]

sounds like a piebald, and they are very rare. Rare like a albino or somthing. Was it a Ball?

[AnAcOnDaMaN]

yeh thats the name of it Pibald, how come its good to breed it with ball phytons

[LdyDrgn]

If had yellow, it wasn't pied but an albino. Pieds have bright white spots or areas interspersed among normal coloring. Many petstores have albinos that are they selling for exorbitant amounts of money. One store here had albino boas for $10,000... YEAH RIGHT!

Albinos aren't that rare... leucism in many animals is rare.

[AnAcOnDaMaN]

I know it was a piebald because the name came back to me when Ace said it i noticed it had those Pure white stripes at certain intervals. must be some snake

[Diablo]

Sounds more like a Leucistic.

[Ace]

it may have been leucistic but leucistic is all white, but with yellow it may have been albino. A piebald will have normal coloring with large white patches.

[thetupak]

now this is a snake thats worth 10,000$ http://www.theboaphile.com/available...0dream%20hypos

[Ace]

I don't see a pic

[faze]

anacondaman please try to keep your posting to the appropriate forum
thank you

[Tom]

Hi AnAcOnDaMaN,

Did the snake look like this one?
Albino Ball Python.


Or did it look like this one.
Piebald Ball Python.


This one is a Leucistic Ball Python.
Picture is from Peter Kahl Reptiles.
http://www.pkreptiles.com/


Take care,
Tom

[telefrag]

someones actually got a LIVING leucistic ball python?

[LdyDrgn]

LOOK it's Leucy Ball!



Go Pete Kahl! That is beautiful

[Tom]

Here is a link with a lot of Ball Python morphs.
http://www.newenglandreptile.com/ball_gallery.html

JS should love this link. Just joking JS don't get mad at me.
But you have to admit some of them are very cool looking.

	Morph A morph is a color or pattern variation that is proven to be genetic. Common morphs include albino, anerythristic, gentically striped, Hypomelanistic, and many others. Morphs also include combinations of simple traits such as "Sunglow" which is Albino and Hypomelanistic. These traits may be recessive traits, co-dominant traits, dominant traits, or created through selective breeding (ie Pastel).