So is ghost and hypo the same?

[RobNJ]

The ghost morph is called hypomelanism, so the snakes are hypomelanistic.

I have no idea what you mean by this, but it's either poorly worded or just wrong. Hypomelanism, the reduction of black pigment, is the defining trait of the ghost morph. Ghost is simply a name. I think, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, that the controversy between ghost and hypo is that in any other species that have a "ghost" morph is that it is a 2 gene animal, which is why the axanthic hypo is called the "true ghost."