Alfredo

2012

Hypo, Pastel

Acquired	2013
Source	Colette Sutherland, TSK, Wasatch Reptile Expo

Alfredo has the distinct gift of being the one - and maybe only - snake that I own that has never bitten anyone. I bought him in 2013 when I began increasing my collection after keeping things static for about 10 years.

If there is one thing that is slightly unfortunate about him it is that I don't have any real plan for him except to keep him as a pet. He has never been bred as his hypomelanistic trait (reduction in black/melanin pigmentation) is a recessive trait, and I don't have, nor do I really want to get into breeding hypomelanistic ball pythons. But we're perfectly content to have a perfectly cool animal to handle.