Are morphs endless??

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Originally Posted by cinderbird

I was saying that color is finite, other things such as pattern are infinite.

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I can accept that, to an extent. I more look at it that subtleties in pattern are "infinite". However gross pattern differences (i.e. pin, spider, woma, clown) are finite.

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Each snake is its own special snowflake.

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Absolutely. However, each snake, on being a snowflake, is not a morph.

And that is what I was getting at. While there will always be "infinite" variability between snakes, the actual number of base morphs possible (albino, spider, pastel, hypo, etc) are absolutely finite.

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I dont think i know enough about BP genome to really go on though :\

Where can i learn more?

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Depends on the detail level you want. A more advanced genetics course might cover some levels of what you are looking for in as much as ball pythons are subject to the same genetic rules other eukaryotes are.

But if you want ball python genetics specifically there is nothing. The BP genome has not been sequenced to any extent that I know of. Wish I had the time and funds to change that but right now my projects are in a decidedly different field.