what is hypo?

like title says...i'm learning as much as i can, but haven't figured it out. i see it with alot of different morphs.

does it mean the same as ghost? (think i might have figured it out lol)

Hypo and ghost are one in the same. Most lines are compatible, a couple are not. The characteristic of the hypomelanistic gene is reducing the black pigment of a ball python.

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Originally Posted by Chained

like title says...i'm learning as much as i can, but haven't figured it out. i see it with alot of different morphs.

does it mean the same as ghost? (think i might have figured it out lol)

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In bps yes hypo is ghost

Hypo is short for hypomelanistic. There are many hypomelanistic (reduced melanin, which is the black pigment) ball python morphs. For some reason, the original breeders of one strain of hypo animals decided to name them 'ghosts'. Then there was a big stink over how a 'ghost' in any other reptile species refers to a specific combination morph, and not to a hypo morph. So, people started calling ghosts 'hypo' instead, which isn't really any more precise than 'ghost' was. If you see someone refer to 'true ghosts' in ball pythons, they mean the combo morph.

Ball python morph names are a horrible mess, though.

Ghosts/hypos have been bred for several types of strong coloration, and probably the most common and popular are the orange ghosts. They are all compatible. This morph is distinguished by an overall milky, faded look, as though it's always going into shed, and when it actually does shed, the shed is clear and has no pattern on it.

Desert ghost, on the other hand, is a separate, incompatible recessive mutation.

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Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion

Hypo is short for hypomelanistic. There are many hypomelanistic (reduced melanin, which is the black pigment) ball python morphs. For some reason, the original breeders of one strain of hypo animals decided to name them 'ghosts'. Then there was a big stink over how a 'ghost' in any other reptile species refers to a specific combination morph, and not to a hypo morph. So, people started calling ghosts 'hypo' instead, which isn't really any more precise than 'ghost' was. If you see someone refer to 'true ghosts' in ball pythons, they mean the combo morph.

Ball python morph names are a horrible mess, though.

Ghosts/hypos have been bred for several types of strong coloration, and probably the most common and popular are the orange ghosts. They are all compatible. This morph is distinguished by an overall milky, faded look, as though it's always going into shed, and when it actually does shed, the shed is clear and has no pattern on it.

Desert ghost, on the other hand, is a separate, incompatible recessive mutation.

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And those are super hot! but this answered my question as to which are and which are not compatible!:gj:

And this is where the WOB Gen wizard can be misleading as it will tell you that by combining the OG to the Ghost will give you double het OG/Ghost....

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Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion

They are all compatible.

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G1 hypo isn't compatible.

Has citrus and green proven compatible to the orange, butterscotch, yellows?

I know at least some of the green ghosts are compatible with the larger group. TSK has a founder female they used to call "extreme hypo" and now they label that line as "green hypo". I believe all their hypo mojave stuff traces back to her. I've produced hypos where one side traced back to the TSK green hypo and the other side was the large compatible group proving compatibility (others had already done this).