Butter stripe or hypo butter stripe?

[joann42]

I have a male that I think is a butter stripe(best guess), he is 2 years old and has only the slightest stripe pattern on his neck the rest is light creamy yellow.He also has a white belly, no pattern or yellowing. But looking at pics on the internet is confusing since lighting makes them look so different.
Is there a way to see if he has any other genes like diffused or hypo?
Ive searched the internet for side by side pics of a sulphur stripe and butter stripe and cant find any.
Head pattern is normal so leaning still toward a butter stripe.Here is a pic from last year.


Thanks.

 

[DollysMom]

I can't answer your question, but that is one beautiful snake. I love that head pattern, too.

 

[Dragonling]

Considering it's basically impossible to tell an amel from a hypo amel, I wonder if it might not be possible (or at least easy) to tell a butter from a hypo butter without breeding trials. The photos I've seen of hypo butters look just like regular butters to me, except perhaps as hatchlings, but even then...dunno!

As for stripe that's probably spot on, but it's hard to see the stripes in this photo to tell if it might actually be pinstripe motley. Bright snakes are so hard to photograph sometimes. The fact that the head pattern is sliiiightly connected makes me think it's possible, but I couldn't tell you for sure.

 

[joann42]

Thanks everyone. I probably will never know. I have a normal butter female and female amel that he will be bred with next year. His stripes are very distinct on his neck but fade away as they go along.I need to get a more recent pic but he basically looks the same just bigger.