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Saar Spider
Saar About Saar
Recorded as showing this trait.
Incomplete dominant
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Appearance reported by owner
Spider About Spider
Recorded as showing this trait.
Incomplete dominant
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Appearance reported by owner
Reported risk: Linked to a neurological wobble: head tremor, poor balance and trouble striking or righting, from barely visible to severe. Spider snakes examined in studies all showed inner-ear malformations.
Rose MP, Williams DL. Neurological dysfunction in a ball python (Python regius) colour morph and implications for welfare. Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine 23(3): 234-239 (2014).Starck JM, et al. Malformations of the sacculus and the semicircular canals in spider morph pythons. PLOS ONE 17(8): e0262788 (2022).Schrenk F, Starck JM, Flegel T, et al. Comparative assessment of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of spider morph and wild type ball pythons. Journal of Comparative Pathology 196: 26-40 (2022).MorphMarket Morphpedia
