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What exactly is it???

Any help would be much appreciated

The crystal is a Special morph.
Special x Mojave or lesser will produce a crystal.
Very special indeed.

Does anyone have some pix of the Special or info where I can find it ?
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Mattias

Lunar-Ball Reptiles

Go to the other popular ball-python site and type 2008 super special in the search engine, that will give you the run down on that project.

No sense posting it here as the good people at kingsnake would delete this post.

any other combo with the Special gene would require a different name because it would have a different genetic make-up!!!

Specials don't look "special". If fact, they are very unremarkable. To the untrained eye they look like a normal.
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Bill Buchman

BHB calls his a Lesser Crystal, and others might go the same route with Butter Crystals, Mystic Crystals, etc...
I believe Brian also calls his Het Crystals which are not visible at all.
As far as Specials looking like normals, they might until you put one next to a normal and then there is no mistaking. In my first group of eggs ever, I called a normal baby a "Halfstel" since I thought it tried hard to be a Pastel, but just didnt quite make it. I didnt know about Specials then, so he was sold as a pet. I even held back the Pastel Special female in the clutch because she was so much better looking than the normal Pastel. My first 7 eggs and I could tell something was up!

***Just to note before questions are asked... Epic is a highlighter trait found in Crystal clutches. It makes some morphs much nicer and that is all that is really known at the moment.***
Crystal Adult

Pastel Crystal and Crystal hatchlings

Special

Super Special

Titan (Pewter Special) and Titanium (Epic Pewter Special)hatchlings

Epic Pastel Crystal

for the photos!! I am expecting my first Special clutches in a month. From your post, I can expect to be able to pick out the Specials in my clutches -- which has been a fear of mine that I can now put to rest -- THANKS!

Awesome photos -- and I look forward to seeing your Special project animals this year. All the luck!!!
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Bill Buchman

Those are all amazing.
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Cheers,
Jessica Gibbs
Ball Pythons; Corn Snakes; Green Tree Python; Jungle Carpet Python; Bci; Bcl; Bco
3.0 Crazy Dogs and 2.0 cats
Some Tropical Fish
...........and growing!

Hey Tom, they are all looking good .... especially that Epic Pastel Crystal ... thats got to be one of the BEST looking Ball pythons around ! Can't wait to make some of my own ... I'll keep them all

cheers, John
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John Berry
Designer Morphs, 2nd edition - totally updated, hardback edition due May 2010.

Nice post and awesome pictures once again Tom!

Thanks!

Anthony McCain

Fantastic pictures, Thanks, Jay
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JEM from sunny AZ.

3.25 Normals
3.10 Pastels
1.0 Super Pastels(Thanks Dan Wolf for the best looking Super male I have ever seen)
1.7 Normal Spiders
1.1 Spiders 100% het Ghost(thanks Mark Petros)
0.2 Spiders 66% het Ghost(Thanks Steve Beamer)
1.3 Orange/Butterscotch Ghosts(BallPython777 Mark Petros)
0.6 100% het Orange Ghosts
0.3 66% het Orange Ghosts(should prove this year)
0.1 Pastel Ghost
1.0 Citrus Ghost(courtesy of Josh Hutto)
0.1 Super Pastel 100% het Ghost
2.3 Albinos
1.1 Caramel Albinos
0.1 100% het Caramel Albino
0.4 100% het for Albino
0.5 66% het for Albino(should prove this year)
0.7 Yellow Bellies
1.0 Pastel Yellow Belly
1.2 Ivories
1.2 100% het for Clowns(Mark Petros)
1.6 Cinnamons(Thanks Stan Ruppel)
1.0 Pied
1.4 100% het for Pied(Josh Hutto)
0.5 66% het for Pied(should prove out next year with my visual male Pied)
1.5 Mojaves
0.1 Pastave het Ghost
1.1 Beautiful Black Pastels(thanks Gulf Coast Reptiles)
1.2 BumbleBees(thanks for the AWESOME Bees Marc Bailey)
1.1 Pewters(Myself and Scott Priester of Brookside Reptiles)
0.1 Chocolates(Thanks Brandon of Priceless Pythons)
1.3 Lessers(Josh Hutto)
2.1 Fire's(Thanks Brandon of Priceless Pythons)
2.2 High White Calico's(Thanks Brent from BRB)
1.1 SpotNoses(Thanks Brandon of Priceless Pythons)
1.1 Enchi's (Me and Josh Hutto, Thanks again Josh)
1.0 Pinstripe
0.1 Lemon Blast
1.0 Vanilla Ghost(Thanks again GCR for all the great snakes)
0.1 Vanilla Yellow Belly
0.1 Vanilla(Another one from Josh Hutto,I must have all your snakes now...lol.) Thanks my friend, Jay
1.1 Stillwater Hypo Bull snakes(Brad Chambers)
0.0.1 Vietnamese Blue Beauty
1.0 Gotti Pitbull
2.0 Beautiful Bengals
14 Tarantulas
Last but most Important 2.2 Children