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Name: Python regius
Common Name: Ball
Python
Morph: Ringer
Genetics: Unknown -
I have produced "hets"
Don't
ask me........I've been buying up
all the nice ones that are females
that I can find. I know that I and
other breeders have produced these
"Ringers" from breeding
normal ball pythons together. Where
does it come from? Is it genetic?
Is it "The Poor Mans Pied"?
I don't really think that reproducing
plain old ringer balls is really worth
much, but it would be nice to know
if it can be done consistently. I
collect them because I'm hoping that
something "Wild" will come
of it! I think just about every ball
python breeder has a nice ringer or
two in his or her collection, hoping
that it will produce something unexpected........I
know I do! ........Worst case.........you
have nice "unique" females
to use in other projects.
As
far as what makes a ball python classified
as a "Ringer".........most
will have a white section on their
body ( sometimes two or three white
sections ).........usually down by
the vent.........sometimes it will
start at the belly scales and wrap
all the way around the snake's body
( That is a really good Ringer )............but
most of the time........the white
just creeps up the sides of the body.
Also the white is usually bordered
in a really pretty orange color...........just
like the Piebalds?
Who
knows why this happens?..........I
think it is just the way some babies
end up in their egg........maybe they
get "pinched" during development.........depending
on their position in the egg.........and
from this happening...........the
color and pattern gets messed up in
that area?..........just a theory........I
have produced several "Ringers"
that are 100% het for Piebald from
the Kahl strain...........out of the
" clear blue"...........who
knows??
At
the bottom row I have four pics of
a really nice imported Ringer male...........he
is one of the best I have seen...........and
has most of the typical Piebald characteristics...........the
white patch..........bordered by the
orange..........and the "signature"
double dorsal striping on the back.
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