that wierd "morph"?

[KalonjiBP]

What ever happened to that weird looking "morph" found in Africa? It looked like it had no scales or heat pits. Does anyone one know what i'm talking about? If not then have a nice summer.

[SPJ]

The Derma Ball.

As far as I know it's still around.

[ddbjdealer]

It was an import?? I thought it was produced here in the states....

[KalonjiBP]

Yes SPJ, I think thats the name, thanks alot!

[Sputnik]

Didn't VPI produce that?

[gmmuscle91]

I would like a pic or link to a pic if anyone has one. It sounds really interesting.

[Adam_Wysocki]

Didn't VPI produce that?

No, it was collected with it's litter mates and mother from the wild.

-adam

[ladywhipple02]

Here's the link to a fauna classified. There's a lot of debate around this snake because the guy who has it is planning on breeding it and selling the offspring as hets. Many people feel that breeding the snake is wrong... that it's a mutation that shouldn't be spread throughout the population.

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/pp_c...ct=7347&cat=10

[erinisnice]

That poor snake! How will it even survive without scales? Won't it just dry up?

[Adam_Wysocki]

That poor snake! How will it even survive without scales? Won't it just dry up?

No. The purpose of scales is not to hold in moisture ... think of them more like hair on a mammal.

There are several species of reptiles that have shown a scale-less condition in whole or in part as a reproducible trait ... some even found as adults thriving in the wild.

-adam