Genetic
Morph: Blonde Pastel Jungle
Status: Proven Co-Dominant
When: 2000
By Whom: Mike from Matrix and Matt
Turner
This is a much debated mutation...........the
pic on this page is supposedly the "original"
Blonde Pastel that was imported from Africa
by Mike and Matt.........I was able to get
1.2 of these in 2001 from Matt Turner.........the
babies did look different than the other
Pastel Jungles that were being produced
at the time..........so I figured it was
"legit"..........I was more interested
in a new bloodline at the time. I have produced
very few "Blondes" and I don't
believe many other breeders are working
with them...........in 2003 I produced a
cross between a Lesser Platty and a Pastel
Jungle.............I also produced a cross
between a Lesser Platty and a Blonde Pastel...........you
could tell them apart like night and day.............so
is the "Blonde" really different?.............I
think if anything it is much "cleaner
patterned" making the "Blonde
Lesser" prettier and brighter............who
knows?...........I know that the ball python
pictured on this page looks like no other
Pastel I have seen...........and "Blonde"
is the perfect name for it.......I'm sure
all the "brands" of Pastel are
compatible and produce "Supers"..
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by Ralph Davis
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