Scientific Name: Python Regius
Common Name: Ball Python
/ Royal Python
Morph: Ghost or Hypomelanistic
Genetics:
Color Mutation - Simple Recessive (NERD)
Description:
Ghost Ball Pythons are hypomelanistic; the word “hypo”
means lacking and the word “melanin” refers to the dark pigments in animals (browns and blacks ). Since
the hypomelanistic Ball python appearance creates a lighter, almost “transparent” pattern these snakes are
commonly referred to as ghosts. When hypomelanistic Ball Pythons shed, the shed skin is patternless. They seem to come in
may different colors, Green, Yellow, Butterscotch, Desert, and Gray Ghost.
