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    Re: what is hypo?

    Quote Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion View Post
    Hypo is short for hypomelanistic. There are many hypomelanistic (reduced melanin, which is the black pigment) ball python morphs. For some reason, the original breeders of one strain of hypo animals decided to name them 'ghosts'. Then there was a big stink over how a 'ghost' in any other reptile species refers to a specific combination morph, and not to a hypo morph. So, people started calling ghosts 'hypo' instead, which isn't really any more precise than 'ghost' was. If you see someone refer to 'true ghosts' in ball pythons, they mean the combo morph.

    Ball python morph names are a horrible mess, though.

    Ghosts/hypos have been bred for several types of strong coloration, and probably the most common and popular are the orange ghosts. They are all compatible. This morph is distinguished by an overall milky, faded look, as though it's always going into shed, and when it actually does shed, the shed is clear and has no pattern on it.

    Desert ghost, on the other hand, is a separate, incompatible recessive mutation.
    And those are super hot! but this answered my question as to which are and which are not compatible!

    And this is where the WOB Gen wizard can be misleading as it will tell you that by combining the OG to the Ghost will give you double het OG/Ghost....
    Last edited by Andybill; 06-17-2012 at 12:11 AM.
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