Hypo

[futurebpowner]

What exactly does it mean when a snake has a Hypo gene?

[Sky1982]

It means it's carrying the orange ghost gene.

[Sky1982]

Hypo and orange ghost are the same. I got confused with this too.


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[coldbloodaddict]

It's a Recessive Morph...Hypo is short for Hypomelanistic...Also known as a Ghost.

[futurebpowner]

so basically if it's bred to another snake the babies will just be brighter?

[Slim]

sa basically if it's bred to another snake the babies will just be brighter?

Any Hypo babies will be washed out in a Ghostly way. It's a very hot combo with other morphs. Pastel Orange Ghosts are beautiful!

[RobNJ]

It's a Recessive Morph...Hypo is short for Hypomelanistic...Also known as a Ghost.

^^This...hypomelanism is a mutation that reduces the amount of melanin, which is the black coloring of ball pythons.

[C&H Exotic Morphs]

sa basically if it's bred to another snake the babies will just be brighter?

It's a recessive trait so both parents have to carry atleast 1 copy of the gene.

If it's bred to say a normal all the babies will be 100% het Hypo. If bred to a Het animal there is a 50/50 chance per egg for the baby to come out Hypo. If bred to another visual Hypo all of the babies will be Hypo.

[Sky1982]

First off the other snake must be carrying the hypo gene. Here's a pic of my hypo pastel



You can see there's a huge difference between that and a normal pastel.

[futurebpowner]

OH WOW thats cool thank you for the information!