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This is part of our collection of Ball/ Royal Morphs.

To see what we have available check our Inventory/Ball python section.

For more information on Ball/ Royal morphs get a copy of our book, Designer Morphs, before the last ones sell out. Available online at www.designermorphs.com

 

 

 

Albino

Simple Recessive color mutation - the first Ball python mutation. T- Albinos are still a favorite.

 They have been mixed with multiple mutations to produce new Albino designer morphs, these include: Albino Spiders, Albino Pinstripes, Albino Ghosts (Sunglows), Albino Pastels, Albino Pieds, etc.

 One of the most highly awaited new designer snakes is the Super Cinnamon Albino should be an all yellow snake.

 

 

Axanthic

Simple Recessive color mutation – Axanthics lack yellow pigmentation. As babies they are silver and black and look out of this world.

Axanthics are a base mutation required to make Snows, Axanthic Pastels, Axanthic Spiders and true Ghosts (Hypo X Axanthic).

We are working with the VPI line of Axanthics.

 

 

 

 

Aztec Ball

Unproven mutation –  outstanding yellow stripe and sides, very good lateral and head blushing and with a clear belly .... all the markers that this is a new mutation ...

 

 

  

 

Black Pastel

Co-dominant color & pattern mutation – are stunning animals with rich, deep velvety colors - they are a extreme color variety of Cinnamon Pastel.

Black Pastels are key to producing some of the best looking designer morphs like Black Pastel Pewters, Silver Bullets and the homozygous or super phase, the patternless black Ball, the Super Black Pastel. The hypo Black pastel is also one of our favorite ball python morphs.

We are working with the Ian G and Gulf Coast lines.

 

 

 

 

Butter Ball

Co-dominant color mutation - Butters are like Lessers with a better, more yellow paint job. The super form is a very clean Blue eyed Lucy. Butters are great for making clean, bright designer morphs like Butter Pastels, Hypo Butters, Butterbees (Butter x Spider), etc. No matter what you breed a Butter to, the results are stunning.

 

 

Super Chocolate photo copyright Celia Chien

 

 

Chocolate Ball

Co-dominant color mutation - Chocolate Balls are one of the nicest morphs available. They are a blushed brown with floating aliens and a dark mottled belly. The super Chocolate is just outstanding. They have been mixed with several other mutations to produce Pastel Chocolates, Super Chocolates, Chocolate Pinstripes, Chocolate Spinners and the best of all the Super Chocolate Pastel.

We are working with our own Berry line of Chocolates and aim to mix them in with several mutations in the future.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cinnamon & Pewter

Co-dominant pattern and color mutation Cinnamons are one of the most important foundation color and pattern mutations. Especially as the the super form is the patternless, all black Super Cinnamon.

Cinnamons are used to produce numerous other stunning multi gene designer morphs. These include Pewters (Pastel x Cinnamon), Hypo Cinnamons (Hypo/ Ghost x Cinnamon), Sterling Pastel (Cinnamon x Super Pastel), Albino Cinnamon, Pied Cinnamon. There are still many Cinnamon combinations which haven't been produced yet. We should see several of them for the first time this year as the more recessive x Cinnamon projects are hatched.

 

 

Enchi Pastel

Co-dominant color & pattern mutation - Enchis have a velvet looking pattern that lends itself to mixing with our morphs. The super, homozygous form is the Super Enchi Pastel.

 

 

 

Fire Ball/ het Black eyed Leucistic

Dominant color mutation :  The Fire Ball is a subtle mutation that lightens the color of any designer morphs combinations it is added to, like the Pastel Fires and Ghost Fires.

The super form is a Black eyed Leucistic.

Fire Balls are also referred to as Flame or Codominant Hypos by several breeders. There is still plenty of work to be done with new Fire influenced morphs.

 

 

 

 

Ghost (Hypo)

Simple Recessive pattern mutation - Ghosts or to more accurate, Hypos are a key ingredient to producing many other designer morphs. You can’t go wrong with Hypos as the demand for them continues to grow !

Designer morphs created with Hypos include - Pastel hypos, Spider Ghosts/ Honey Bee, Hypo Mojave, Hypo Cinnamons, Hypo Pieds , Hypo Pinstripe, Hypo everything else !! No matter what you mix the Hypo gene with it produces an outstanding result.

We are working with both Orange (middle & top photos) and Yellow Hypo (bottom photo) lines.

 

 

 

 

 

Honey Cinnamon

New mutation  – Honey Cinnamons have orange-brownish heads, almost no head stripe and a clear belly. When mixed with other mutations they should produce some outstanding new designer morphs. This project is still in its infancy.

As adults they one of the nicest looking Ball pythons around !

 

 

 

 

Mojave Ball

Codominant color mutation - Mojaves have an almost ghostly look to them. They are highly variable with lots of blushing. When bred together the super form is an a blue eyed Leucistic with a purple wash. Breeding with a Lesser Platty or the Russo Lemon line also produces a blue eyed Leucistic.

Other designer crosses include Granite Mojaves, Striped Mojaves, Hypo Mojaves, Yellow Belly Mojave and the Spider Mojave ... overall an excellent mutation on their own or to create designer morphs with.

 

 

 

Pastel & Super Pastel

Co-dominant color mutation - Pastels are a basic color mutation.  When added to almost any other mutation their reduced melanin and high yellow color produces cleaner, brighter designer morphs.

Examples include Bumblebees (Pastel x Spider), Pewters (Pastel x Cinnamon or Black Pastel), Hypo Pastel (Ghost x Pastel), Lemon Blast (Pastel x Pinstripe), Pastaves (Pastel x Mojave), Pastel Vanillas, Pastel Fires, Pastel Butters, Pastel Lessers, etc.

The dominant form, the Super Pastel has an even more dramatic reduced melanin/high yellow look. When bred to a normal, a Super pastel produces a litter of all Pastels.

We are working with numerous lines of Pastel including our own imported farmed lines and Lemon Pastels.

 

 

 

 

Pinstripe & Lemon Blast

Co-dominant pattern & color mutation – Pinstripes are one of our favorite mutations. They make some of the best combos around like Lemon Blasts, Albino Pins, King Pins (Lesser x Pinstripe) & Spinners (Spider x Pinstripe).

We are some very nice, reduced pattern Pinstripes.

 

 

 

Spider, Albino Spider & Honey Bee

Dominant pattern mutation - Spiders are important pattern mutations and have been bred to produce dozens of funky designer morphs, like Bumble Bees, Lesser Bees, Killer Bees and many others. (see our book, Designer Morphs for the complete list)

We are working with a nice group of Spiders, Albino Spiders and Hypo Spiders/ Honey Bees and other combinations.

 

 

 

 

Vanilla & Hypo Vanilla

Co-dominant color mutation - Vanilla Balls (also called Thunders) are a clean mutation with a hypo-ish, melanin reduction type of action. They can be used to clean up other morphs. In effect they are like co-dom hypos.

So far Vanillas have been mixed to produce Pastel, Mojave, Black Pastel, Yellow Belly, Bumbe Bee  & Hypo Vanilla designer morphs. We are sure to see many new Vanilla designer mixes this year.

The dominant super version, the Super Vanilla (Lighting Ball), is an outstanding, clean yellow with a blushed out head pattern.

 

 

Woma

Co-dominant pattern mutation

Womas have a highly reduced pattern (some look like Spiders) and strong head markers. Womas are the key to produce numerous designer morphs. Our favorite Woma crosses are with Mojaves & Lessers.

There is a super form, however not many have been produced yet. There is some debate regarding some lines of Woma carrying another gene however results are inconclusive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yellow Belly/ het Ivory/ Ivory

Co-dominant color mutation – Yellow Bellies are beautiful animals with rich yellow and black colors. The real beauty of this morph is seen when they are crossed with other morphs. The homozygous or super form is the leucistic Ivory Ball.

We consider Yellow Bellies one of the most important foundation morphs in a breeders arsenal. They are needed to produce the Super Striper, Ebony, Pastel Mojave or Pastave, Pastel YB (see photos below), Pastel Ivory, YB BumbleBee, YB Spider and potentially dozens more designer morphs.

As we see more proven double mutation morphs (that is morphs displaying multiple proven mutations) breeding and producing, the power of the Yellow Belly gene will be appreciated even more. I'm waiting to see what an Ivory Super Pastel or an Ivory Super Cinnamon will look like.

 

 

 

Yellow Belly Pastel

Designer morph:  A Pastel with more genes under the hood. The double co-dominant gene set allows will produce multi mutation designer morphs quicker.

Yellow Belly Pastels are key to producing killer YB Bumble Bees and any other morph where you would use a regular Pastel. The Pastel Ivory is an outstanding example and adds another whole dimension (and set of color) to the Leucistic Ivory.

 

 

 

 

Unproven

Some of our interesting unproven females we are currently working with.

   


 

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