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Here is another brand new color morph that has cropped here at Gulf Coast Reptiles.
We acquired an incredibly odd looking adult female several years ago and after breeding her back to her son, we were rewarded with this outstanding offspring! We know from past breedings that this is a recessive and not a co dominant trait. We have proven the genetic inheritance of this trait.
Let us know what you think!

good color...........

wonder what the hell it actually is?......

........good luck.............

.......cross it with albino gene.........

........JYReptiles

What does the homozygous parent look like? Perhaps IMG....

And what ever happened to those black balls you guys had a few years back?

1. IMG- Do you mean Tracy Barkers explanation for an increased melanin gene? No, this is not the same. If anything our original female shows lack of melanin, something like a Desert Ghost Ball, but not quite.
2. We produced our very first Patternless Black Ball Pythons last year by breeding a Labyrinth Ball to a Labyrinth Ball. We have proven our Labyrinth Balls to be a co dominant trait that produce "Black" Or "Chocolate Balls" We have several clutches incubating now, and expect to have 3 or 4 of the Black Balls this year.

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Yes they are.........I'm glad they are still alive........guess that settles if you sold them or not......wit all the time spent trying to get them at Daytona....I think there was hundreds of wasted hours of talking,thinking,and running around about them.(Daytona 2002)......LOL............they are really nice colored....odd as hell too........good luck..........

........JYReptiles

Thanks for sharing the pics of the assumed het (labyrinth) and homozygous black balls.

Also, congratulations on proving the new recessive. I'd be interested in seeing the adult of that one also. Have you come up with a name yet? Any distinguishing characteristics that wouldn't be visible in a pic (such as white belly or clear shed) and any odd looking hets seen?

Your welcome! The Labyrinth Balls ARE het for the Black trait, we have proven this in three seperate clutches.

The belly of the recessive Ball Python morph is solid white.

Those are AWESOME. NEVER saw those before! HOW MUCH????

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"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are." - Kurt Cobain

"It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you're not."

"You laugh at me because I am different; I laugh at you because you are all the same."

~~ Krystal - Future breeder of Pythons, Geckos, we'll see what else later! ~~ www.geocities.com/krystal19_85 ~~

BEAUTIFUL

Nice looking. Different. C3ean. I like it. When does it stop?
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RicK Denmon

Ball Boutique,Inc.

np
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"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are." - Kurt Cobain

"It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you're not."

"You laugh at me because I am different; I laugh at you because you are all the same."

~~ Krystal - Future breeder of Pythons, Geckos, we'll see what else later! ~~ www.geocities.com/krystal19_85 ~~

Awesome-sure looks like what I would expect a baby Desert Ghost to look like-fabulous!! Can you show a pic of the parent?

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