I guess my question is how frequent are these morphs encountered where they were discovered? Are they: truly unique/one of; or represented by only a few individuals; or relatively common; or the predominate phenotype in the area?

Additionally, are the ball pythons breeding groups, that contain the "morph" trait isolated from other ball python populations?

I am not sure as to the frequency but I am sure it is virtually nil for most morphs. I have only ever herd of one Spider ever having been imported. I know that some of the other morphs are found on occasion such as Pieds and albinos. I would say that most morphs are truly unique and are represented by a "few individuals" and are not commonly found in the wild.

I do not think that the ball python morphs would be affected to much by there apparent defects, as they are nocturnal animals and stay in burrows for much of their lives.

To my knowledge ball python "breeding groups" are found in isolated populations (areas). Enchis are found in certain areas as are Pieds, Albinos and Hypos, etc, etc. All have a location that they are generally found in.

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