Info on Ghost's needed

[TessadasExotics]

As I said, technically speaking, Albinos are Hypos. Are we supposed to start calling them Hypo? Is that what you are trying to imply?

[OhhWatALoser]

As I said, technically speaking, Albinos are Hypos. Are we supposed to start calling them Hypo? Is that what you are trying to imply?

Their amel not hypo so you don't have to worry about them. Albino is too general, start calling them amels.

My point was there are plenty of hypos, You claim the name ghost was given wrongly, how do you decided which one is "proper". You can argue to use the name hypo, you can argue the name ghost. Their just labels for an allele we think we can identify.

[TessadasExotics]

My point was there are plenty of hypos, You claim the name ghost was given wrongly, how do you decided which one is "proper". You can argue to use the name hypo, you can argue the name ghost. Their just labels for an allele we think we can identify.

True they are just labels.
The name "Ghost" was given improperly to Hypo ball pythons. The Ghost morph in other snakes is a Hypomelanistic (Hypo) & Anerythristic double recessive. So why should it be different for Ball Pythons? Snows are the same as other snakes, being Albino & Axanthic double recessive. Most if not all other simple base color morphs equate the same to other reptiles so why not the Ghost & Hypo?

The Hypo trait is actually quite similar to amelanism. Tyrosinase is produced but is blocked from gaining access into the melanophores. Therefore, the amounts of melanin produced are substantially reduced. Often areas which would normally appear solid black are almost translucent. Additionally many specimens seem to have reduced amounts of melanophores present. This may simply be the result of selection for the brighter coloration in captive populations. It is likely that several different alleles may be at work here, all lumped under the term hypomelanism by herpetoculturists.

[OhhWatALoser]

True they are just labels.
So why should it be different for Ball Pythons? Most if not all other simple base color morphs equate the same to other reptiles so why not the Ghost & Hypo?

Sunglow, Fire, Butter, Granite, Phantom, Platinum, Sulfur, Whiteout are all names that are used differently between balls and corns. Pearl for boas. Tiger for retics and amazon tree boas.