motley vs. normal pattern

[marchettid]

I am having a hard time seeing the difference between the motley pattern, and the normal pattern. Its really easy to tell motleys when they have what looks like a few of their blotches added together. Can anyone help me with the identifying process? Maybe some pictures?

 

[Shade]

Motleys will have a patternless ventral and the saddles on the dorsal side will be somewhat joined together. Normals have separated saddles and a checkered ventral.

 

[jazzgeek]

More so than the elongated saddles in a motley, the easiest way to tell is to flip the snake over.

Motley ventrals are clear; in other words, no belly checkering.

regards,
jazz

 

[cornsnakekid92]

here are some pics to help you out with their descriptions

 

[cornsnakekid92]

sorry forgot these two

 

[marchettid]

so all motleys have plain ventrals huh? kinda interesting. thanks for the replies, your information helped.

 

[Velvet]

This is "Battle", my Ghost motley (he's blue in most of these pics)

In this one you can see his white belly, "stripey" sides and motley patterns

And this is "Cornflake" my normal patterned boy

Belly Checkering

Side patterns

View of saddles

 

[Susan]

There are currently 3 morphs that have non-checkered bellies...motley, stripe and bloodred/diffuse. You will occasionally see color on the bellies of these morphs, but not checkers. Here are some examples:

Motley

Stripe

Bloodred/diffuse