Hypo?

[Pythonfriend]

i dont know that TSK extreme gene unfortunately.


but if the snake really is what he says it is, then it means that these two variants of hypo must be compatible. its a visual hypo after all.

so yes, why not breed it to a butterscotch hypo. i guess you would get a clutch of all hypos, you should get 50% butterscotch and 50% of that TSK extreme + butterscotch combo.

That is, if my assumptions are correct and this is analogous to breeding a lesser mystic to a super lesser.

[RandyRemington]

The TSK line (they called their original import, a very nice looking female, "extreme hypo" but later referred to it as "green" in some of their linages) is compatible with orange ghost and most of the other hypo lines. I've heard there might be another line of "green ghost" that isn't compatible but I'm not sure on that one and I think Graziani had a line "G2" or something like that that wasn't compatible with the larger group. I've personally produced a very nice hypo from crossing a het for the TSK line with a descendant of whatever Brian Sharp was selling years ago (think his website says something like “yellow/butterscotch”). I've also crossed that Brian Sharp line with a het for the Kyle Frost line and produced awesome hypos. I'm sure there have been some incompatibility surprises but I don't think it's a very common problem, in general any "hypo" should do.

[Raven01]

To reiterate... Desert Ghost is NOT a Hypo line. It is a separate mutation. It is possible (and has been done) to have a Hypo Desert Ghost (double recessive).


Most Ghosts (Hypos) are of the Orange or other fruit flavored variety and are generally compatible. For the most part if a breeder is selling a line that is not compatible with Orange Ghost they will say so.

As was said before, in other snakes, Ghost = Hypo + Anery. So Hypo + Axanthic in BPs is called a True Ghost.

To re-re-iterate, yes it is.

http://www.worldofballpythons.com/morphs/desert-ghost/

Single gene recessive line of Hypo known as the Desert Ghost not to be confused with Desert + Hypo animals.

"Ghosts come in many different colors ranging from orange, green, yellow, butterscotch and white, which is refereed to as the Desert Ghost. All Ghosts are beautiful, but I am partial to the orange or butterscotch myself.

Different lines of ghost have been proven to be mostly compatible although some lines are not. There have been instances where two ghost have been bred and the resulting clutch produced nothing but normal looking babies. Obviously all double hets for two lines of ghosts." - Markus Jayne

[Royal Hijinx]

To re-re-iterate, yes it is.

http://www.worldofballpythons.com/morphs/desert-ghost/

Single gene recessive line of Hypo known as the Desert Ghost not to be confused with Desert + Hypo animals.

"Ghosts come in many different colors ranging from orange, green, yellow, butterscotch and white, which is refereed to as the Desert Ghost. All Ghosts are beautiful, but I am partial to the orange or butterscotch myself.

Different lines of ghost have been proven to be mostly compatible although some lines are not. There have been instances where two ghost have been bred and the resulting clutch produced nothing but normal looking babies. Obviously all double hets for two lines of ghosts." - Markus Jayne

Do you believe everything you read on the internet? IMO Desert Ghost does not behave like any form of Hypo. First off they have jet black markings, not faded as if there were the textbook clear layer over it. Only the yellow fades to white over time. In this they act more like the aging process of an Axanthic, but in reverse. They are not overall hypomelanistic.


I stand by that they do not fit into the Hypo type. I am not the only one that feels this way.

[OhhWatALoser]

The only proven non-compatible lines of hypo I have found are G1 and GCR lines, everything else just seems to be hearsay or unproven. I completely agree with jinx, desert ghost isn't even remotely similar to hypo.