Hypo?

[Lesserlove]

Is a hypo an orange ghost? Or just a type of ghost?

[Pythonfriend]

i think hypo (hypomelanistic) and ghost are the same thing. and orange ghost is a specific line of ghost.

[BCBallPythons]

Yes Hypos and Ghost are the same thing. There are Orange Ghosts, Green Ghost, Blue Ghost, Desert Ghost etc..

Hypos (Hypomelanistic) is the scientific term used to describe the melanin


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[HypoLyf]

Yes Hypos and Ghost are the same thing. There are Orange Ghosts, Green Ghost, Blue Ghost, Desert Ghost etc..

Hypos (Hypomelanistic) is the scientific term used to describe the melanin


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I agree with this, but just wanted to clarify that desert ghost is a completely separate morph from hypos.

OP, that's a sweet looking hypo!

[interloc]

Yes Hypos and Ghost are the same thing. There are Orange Ghosts, Green Ghost, Blue Ghost, Desert Ghost etc..

Hypos (Hypomelanistic) is the scientific term used to describe the melanin


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I also don't know if you should throw blue ghost in there just yet. As far as I know, it hasn't been proven. Coulda been just a sweet fluke.

But hypo is the correct term for the "ghost" morphs we ball people have. In other snake circles a ghost means a snake that is both hypo and axanthic. The ball community seemed to just bully the rules out of the way and made ghost the term for hypos. I hope that's not too confusing.

[HypoLyf]

I also don't know if you should throw blue ghost in there just yet. As far as I know, it hasn't been proven. Coulda been just a sweet fluke.

But hypo is the correct term for the "ghost" morphs we ball people have. In other snake circles a ghost means a snake that is both hypo and axanthic. The ball community seemed to just bully the rules out of the way and made ghost the term for hypos. I hope that's not too confusing.

Here's something interesting. Apparently Mark Petros hatched that crazy looking animal and named it a "blue ghost," but based on this thread that I'll link to, at one point in time there was (probably still is based on post #13) a blue ghost hypo line that Mark's animal isn't related to. Based on that, I kind of wish he would've called it something different so it wouldn't be confusing lol.

http://www.reptileradio.net/reptiler...442-Blue-Ghost

[BCBallPythons]

I agree with this, but just wanted to clarify that desert ghost is a completely separate morph from hypos.

OP, that's a sweet looking hypo!

Yes none of the stated morphs are compatible with each other. IE: Orange, Green and Desert.

Blue Ghost may be a bit of a stretch i agree, i was just stating that there are lots of different "Hypos"


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[Lesserlove]

Soooo I was sold that snake I originally posted as a "hypo" it looks orange to me >.> or is that just a plain Jane ghost?

[Pythonfriend]

all ghosts are hypos.

all hypos are ghosts.

when you buy a hypo, you get a ghost as well. and when you buy a ghost, you get a hypo as well. its kinda like a 50 cent coin and a half dollar coin, of the same currency.

the question is which kind / which line / which specific morph you have, because the different lines are not really compatible and you get a clutch of normal-looking double hets if you breed it to the wrong one.

[Raven01]

To add to confusion there is a Hypo line called Desert Ghost which is a white ghost line. As opposed to 2-gene animals with both the Desert gene and the Ghost geneX2.
Many ghost lines are infact compatible but ,not all.