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Okeetee Bellys

E. g. guttata

E. g. guttata

Her name was Mary-9/17/05
I have noticed that with the normals of mine that I consider okeetees, there seems to be a correlation with saddle rings and belly checkers. The thicker the borders seem to be, the more concentrated the belly checkers look to be as well. I have seen a ton of normals that I wouldn't consider Okeetees in any way, shape, or form, with somewhat "standard" checks, you know, kinda here and there. I noticed that those normals that I would consider Okeetees, almost have an inverse ventral than just "normals" where the belly seems to be covered mostly by checks, as opposed to mostly by white. I then went and looked at the checkering on all my other snakes, and have noticed the same type of trend. The thicker the saddle borders, the more concentrated the checkering, the thinnner the boarders, the less checkers there seem to be. Am I the only one noticing this? I'll post some pics when I get my camera out later tonight. I would like to see a lot of different snakes, reguardless of morph (unless you're talking about mots, stripes, or diffused) popping up here. If you wish to participate, then please feel free to share. I would prefer that the pics of your snake(s) are as follows:

One picture of the dorsal side showing saddle thickness (again, any morph will work, with the exception of mot, stripe, and difused. The more color there is to the snake, the easier it will be to see) followed by one picture of the ventral side, showing at least the middle 2/3rds of the snake.

If you happen to read this Chuck, do you think that there is a correlation to border thickness and checkering durring pattern formation? (I really didn't notice this until I read the pattern formation in the new morph guide)
 
You can view dorsal and belly pics of most of my '04 and older snakes in the ACR to use in your study. I'm breeder #37.
 
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