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the Burm fourm have like nobody. I just wanted to ask if anyone know what a Hypo Burmese looks like? I have an extreamly light Burm. I was kinda wondering why he has so beautiful! He literaly has GREEN! Like not just green, its GREEN! If you know anything you can email me (JoshMolone@gmail.com) or just reply to this fourm! Thanks

Josh

Sorry misspelled some stuff!

I'm not good with links on kingsnake yet, but if you go to "Search Forums" towards the top of this page, and search the keywords " phantom burmese" (include the plus signs) it will bring up a post from around July. I think the pic at the very bottom of the post sounds similar to what you're describing.
Apparently the snake was originally called a co-dom Hypo Burmese, but they are now calling it a Platinum (I think all other known Burmese morphs are recessive). The super form of platinum is the beautiful baby Phantom in the other pics.

You can also do a google image search for "Indian python" (almost identical to Burms but lighter), and "ceylonese python" (the sri-lankan island form). Indian pythons are not as common in the U.S. as burms, but they're not that rare either.

Good luck,
kasey

Ooops:
for some reason the plus signs didn't show up on my post. To search the forums, you have to put a plus sign in front of "platinum" and another in front of "burmese".

The term "hypo" has been used very loosely when it comes to burms. The two proven lines have been narrowed down to Platinums which produce the Phantom Leucistic and the het leucistics which produce an all white snake with blue eyes.

Here are some pictures of our het leucistics, as you can see, there is no green in them at all. A lot of white up the sides and blushing within the pattern.

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