The Ghost complex

[t-Roy]

As what I know, Ghost is also known as Hypo. Correct me if Im wrong.

And there are different Ghost lines out there. So I know of Butterscotch ghost, orange ghost, and yellow ghost. Are there anymore Ghosts?

I heard from one guy that yellow Ghosts are compatible with orange Ghosts. I heard the opposite from another guy I considered an expert but already told me something wrong about Fires the other day. He also said that breeder lines matter too.. Why does breeder line matter? If the morphs are the same, it should be ok right?

Infos on the Ghost morphs would be appreciated.. I know I can get the right answers here.. Thank in advance.

[AaronP]

There are also Green and Blue Ghosts. My personal favorites are Butterscotch ghosts, but I own one so I'm a little biased.

[Spaniard]

Ghosts were the original name given to Hypomelanistic bps, however a true ghost is an anxanthic/hypo combination.

Breeder lines matter for looks and compatability reasons. Not all hypo lines are compatable with each other, most are but some are not.

[cinderbird]

Ghost is another name given to hypo or hypomelanistic BPs.

I was talking to Adam at 8ball pythons, and he said that a few years ago, breeders were under the impression if you bred an orange ghost to an orange ghost you only get more orange ghosts, now, they think that you can actually get butterscotch ghosts, orange ghosts and yellow ghosts out of an orange to orange breeding.

I've done no breeding, so i cant give my opinion on this, but i thought i'd pass along the info he'd given me.

To go back to the original question, from what i have heard....:

Orange, butterscotch and yellow ghosts are compatible through eachother.
Green Ghosts, im not sure about.
Blue ghosts are only compatible with other blue ghosts.

[jsmorphs2]

I have herd it both ways too... I played it safe and stuck with the same line for future breeding projects. I didn't want to take any chances.

Has anyone tried to breed different lines?

[Spaniard]

Orange to Butterscotch has been done. Not sure about others.

[t-Roy]

So Axanthis Ghost is a true Ghost? I heard that b4. So it's a visual of both Axanthic and Ghost makes a true Ghost.. Axanthic with any ghost?

If the Axanthic ghost is the true Ghost, what about all the other Ghost? Should they be considered Hypos instead of Ghosts?

So how many Ghost morphs out there total?

Does anyone have pictures of them all to compare? I can't tell between them.

[t-Roy]

Orange to Butterscotch has been done. Not sure about others.

Did it work? If so, what was the outcome?

[ARamos8]

Hypo's are one of those morphs that I will only use one type of just to be sure. Hate to have a clutch not produce because lines are not compatible. My two cents. I like the butterscotch. Color screams.

[jsmorphs2]

I've read that no one has produced an actual Ghost/Axanthic before...something about the genetics won't produce a true cross.

So... (in my head) a Ghost/Axanthic would be a silver snake probably with a pattern (or something like that) cause the hypomelanistic (low-melanin) gene would suppress black/brown and the axanthic gene would suppress yellows...