poll: sort of a retorical question

[atabata]

when you look at a ball python do you see a:

a) black snake with golden patters

or

b) golden/tan snake with black pattern

[Zoe]

black snake with gold pattern :] you?

[Dom]

A) lol

I also seee a small, fat and slow terrestrial snake!

[Weather1]

I would love to see an all black ball python...


If there are any out there please post a picture

[tHeGiNo]

Hey there. This is the closest thing I could find to an all black ball python, the patternless ball. These are fro VPI by the way not my pictures...

<img src="http://members.rogers.com/thegino/TwoPatless2(9Jun02)640pix.jpg">
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<img src="http://members.rogers.com/thegino/PatlessFreshShed2(16Jun02)6.jpg">

[marisa]

Pretty much solid black Ball Python

http://www.newenglandreptile.com/Melanisticball.html

Marisa

[Lisa]

golden/tan snake with black pattern

[Matt]

definitely A

[atabata]

i also think of it as A but everyone else in my family thinks of it as B. its just so interesting to see how everybody sees the same thing in somany different ways. thats what i love about ball pythons. :)

[Andy_G]

A

[krrc]

A. but I guess it could depend of the varying amounts of black or gold.

[Linds]

Gold w/Black pattern...

[SpongePat]

Have to go with a black snake with a gold pattern.

[unknownclown]

You know now Im gonna be thinkin about that every time I see my snakes. Id have to say black with gold patterns, of course now that Ive read this Im gonna be looking trying to figure out how other people see it differently.

[josefg]

A

[Andy_G]

I think I am going to try to reinforce my choice, which was A. The only way I can enforce it is by looking at a few morphs. Tese may not mean or prove anything, but I may as well try it. Firstly, look at albino bp's. In most if not al snakes, the background colour is white/pink, and ball pythons are white with yellow blotches. Also, the black is pretty constant in most morphs, and it is only the blotches that change colour usually. These are the reasons I chose A.