Brother Rainer, hypo & anery = ghost is accepted....in Colubrid morphs. But "ghost" is still just the man made label for that expression. Next is the use of "hypo", especially in mid Baja boas. Like the old lady used to say......where's the beef (in this case, melan) that has been reduced? Anyway here's a much better compendium of thoughts I sent in an email earlier today. Remember above all, let's keep it open......but when it come to cults, all I can say is three (3) albinos!...lol.

Email excerpt:

One of the characteristics of his ghost offspring that leads him to believe that a co-dominate genetic may be at work, is that there is a variance of expression of the "ghost" look in all the offspring (even "hets". It ranges from almost normal (actually very bright) looking San Felipes, up to "super" ghost looks,
even within the same litter. There doesn't seem to be the all or nothing one gets with a simple recessive expression, such as albinism. As far a the term Hypo being used with mid Baja boas, I've personally wondered how one could define hypo in them to begin with. Not saying that it isn't genetically possible, but they don't show any real melan influence naturally, so how can one look hypo when they already "look" hypo. Do you follow what I'm thinking? I also feel the same way with the true orange Calif boas (Joshua Tree, Cottonwood, Corn Springs, etc, even Pioneertown to a degree.) These are just my thoughts, not necessarily fact, when it come to hypo. In my opinion a lot of the confusion comes from the actual difference between true
genetic traits, and marketing terms used to describe them, as well as marketing terms to describe a compatible look. Comparing how a "true ghost" Corn is produced, with a "true ghost" Rosy is not necessarily applicable. I feel it may be two different
things happening, that end up being called the same. The bottom line is, I really like that all this is being brought up and discussed. I think there are things to be learned that may operate differently with Rosys, than they do with Colubrids. And even if it isn't, it certainly makes things more interesting along the way.

Eimon

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