Ball Python morph
Ball Python (Python regius)
Reduced pattern with head stamp
Major pattern and color mutation. Produces a wide, bold dorsal stripe, dramatically reduced lateral pattern, and enhanced golden-copper coloration. The head pattern is also distinctive with a teardrop or "clown face" marking. One of the most visually striking single-gene morphs. Clown pattern tends to dominate in multi-gene combinations, making it a powerful building block in designer morphs.
How to identify it: Bold wide dorsal stripe. Dramatically reduced side pattern (clean sides). Enhanced golden/copper coloration. Distinctive head stamp with teardrop marking. Clean belly.
Clown follows a recessive inheritance pattern, carried on the Clown allele (locus Clown).
Because Clown is recessive, an animal needs two copies of the allele to show the trait visually. An animal with a single copy is called het clown (heterozygous). A het animal looks normal but carries the gene, so pairing two het clown animals produces, on average, one in four visual clown offspring.
Banana Clown
Banana/Coral Glow + Clown combination.
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