Black Back ball python

[Rat160]

Ok i think there might be a little confusion. Homozygous = super, in snake lingo. Red axanthic = homozygous, het red axanthic = heterozygous. You could call red axanthic a super het red axanthic if you really wanted. You need a het red or red to make other het reds. That much I do know.

Now if het reds = BB and how the projects are related, I have no idea. Hopefully someone else can fill that in.

Yeah sorry its early lol. You are right, Im gonna see if I can find that article on RDR's site. Ill post it if I can find it.

[rabernet]

I want this snake!!

She's not going anywhere!

So when you bred your BB did you also get non-BB animals in the same clutch?

I got these two normals who I wouldn't call black backs, but they do have more black on their back than other normals.

[OhhWatALoser]

Yeah sorry its early lol. You are right, Im gonna see if I can find that article on RDR's site. Ill post it if I can find it.

look up for my edit, good info tho, I didn't know het reds were also BB

[Rat160]

look up for my edit, good info tho, I didn't know het reds were also BB

Ok so I was mistaken. RDR Simply referenced Corey Woods. This is from Corey Woods's Website.

"I produced the first Red Axanthics back in 2001 when I was still a very small breeder. I bred 2 Black Backs together expecting to produce more Black Backs. To my amazement 2 “weird” looking Axanthics were in the clutch. The Red Axanthics are born with purple heads and have the classic grey, white and black colouration. As they mature they become a cream colour much like the palm of your hand. At about 2 years of age they go back to their grey, black and white colouration."