Scientific Name: Python regius
Common Name: Ball Python
Morph: Spider
Genetics: Color / Pattern Mutation - Dominant ( NERD )

What an awesome mutation the Spider is...........this has to be one of the best examples of "reduced patterning" in a ball python.......Spiders are a dominant mutation .............meaning that "so far" there have been no "Super Spiders" produced.........they have very fine "spider web stripes" on their bodies where a normal ball python would have the thicker dark bands and patches.........this "webbed pattern" makes the Spider's head especially attractive........;)...........their color is much lighter than a normal ball python's.............it's almost a light olive brown, with pretty orange scales scattered on the sides.............and here comes the BONUS!!..............Spiders have Pied white sides!!...............yepper.............the white sides are what set this snake apart from any other "fine line patterned" mutations..............the Spider ball is a nice little package to play with.............they have proven to be excellent "combo snakes"..............as of now ( 2003 )..............NERD has produced "Classic Spiders", Bumble Bee Spiders ( Pastel Spider ), Killer Bee Spiders ( Super Pastel Spider ), Albino Spiders and Hypo Spiders..........The Spider family seems to grow a little each year..............and why not?................The Spider will cross nicely into any mutation..........that's the plan here at RDR.............crossing the Spider gene with mutations that NERD doesn't have.......;)