 | Piebald
Ball Python Morph Background Information and Primer |
Piebald
ball pythons are truly one of the most sought after ball python morphs because
they are a magnificent sight to behold! Ball python lovers and even people that
dislike snakes are in total awe when they behold a Piebald. Piebald ball pythons
are like fingerprints where no two are alike. They can have very little white
to an almost white snake with just the head portion appearing dark. One interesting
fact about Piebald's is that their offspring can have a little or a lot of white
dispersed throughout the body regardless of how much white the parents have. You
can produce a high-white Piebald with two low-white parents and conversely, a
low-white Piebald from two high-white parents. Piebalds have an extreme aberrant
pattern that starts from the base of their neck down throughout their body with
wonderful appearances of orange, brown and green coloring. Piebalds are recessive
trait animals so a Piebald bred to a Piebald will produce Piebald's. When bred
to a normal ball python, the hatchlings will be 100% heterozygous for Piebald.
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