Cash - my new Phantom BP, and a little snake loving

[Katie M]

First up, Mr. Violet is making a lady out of Lavender, as evident by this picture This is the first BP loving I've caught with a camera, even if it was by my phone!!



So... I have officially added this little man to my growing ball python group Enjoy!! (I can't WAIT till he actually gets here!!)

[Icicle]

Stunning.

Hope the lock takes.

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[kellymack515]

Wow... He's beautiful Katie! Congrats!

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[amaurer2]

I really want another BP that isn't a norm. Lesser Plat or Bumblebee. Spider maybe. I love the bright colors on these morphs.

	Ball Python The Ball Python (Python regius), also known as the Royal Python, is a ground dwelling snake native to the savannahs and rain forests in western Africa, predominatly the countries of Ghana, Togo, and Benin.

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	Morph A morph is a color or pattern variation that is proven to be genetic. Common morphs include albino, anerythristic, gentically striped, Hypomelanistic, and many others. Morphs also include combinations of simple traits such as "Sunglow" which is Albino and Hypomelanistic. These traits may be recessive traits, co-dominant traits, dominant traits, or created through selective breeding (ie Pastel).

[Katie M]

Lessers and Mojaves are my fav morph, so he will be bred to both at some point, lol.

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	Morph A morph is a color or pattern variation that is proven to be genetic. Common morphs include albino, anerythristic, gentically striped, Hypomelanistic, and many others. Morphs also include combinations of simple traits such as "Sunglow" which is Albino and Hypomelanistic. These traits may be recessive traits, co-dominant traits, dominant traits, or created through selective breeding (ie Pastel).

[Hypoboa1234]

katie do u have a jungle or motley breeding comin up soon cuz i sure would love 1 0r 2 your collection is ahhh how do u say it AWESOME on iherp!!!!

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[Stargazer]

Romance is in the air....I think these are the famous "balling" pythons of CL fame.

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[Katie M]

Originally Posted by Hypoboa1234

katie do u have a jungle or motley breeding comin up soon cuz i sure would love 1 0r 2 your collection is ahhh how do u say it AWESOME on iherp!!!!

I have both jungles AND motleys due to be born soon

The motley litter was Triple Het (Hypo, het albino/het anery) x Albino Motley (poss het anery) - so I'll have motley hets, hypo motley hets, albino motleys, and hypo motleys.

The jungle littler was Lipstick Albino x Hypo Jungle poss het albino

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	Heterozygous Heterozygous - the animal carries the gene for a genetic trait but does not outwardly demonstrate the trait. Example: A boa that is het for albino looks normal but carries the albino gene. When it is bred to another het for albino boa or an albino boa, a percentage of the offspring will be albino.

	Hypomelanistic Hypomelanistic - a genetic reduction in the dark pigment Melanin.

	Anerythristic A recessive genetic mutation in which the animal is void of red pigment.

[LdyDrgn]

Nice Mojo! Good luck with the pairing, too!

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[Katie M]

Originally Posted by LdyDrgn

Nice Mojo! Good luck with the pairing, too!

he's actually a phantom - still in the group BEL, but when bred phantom x phantom you get a really awesome new morph

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	Morph A morph is a color or pattern variation that is proven to be genetic. Common morphs include albino, anerythristic, gentically striped, Hypomelanistic, and many others. Morphs also include combinations of simple traits such as "Sunglow" which is Albino and Hypomelanistic. These traits may be recessive traits, co-dominant traits, dominant traits, or created through selective breeding (ie Pastel).

[LdyDrgn]

huh, cuz he looks like a Mojo... they are really all starting to look alike...

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[Katie M]

Originally Posted by LdyDrgn

huh, cuz he looks like a Mojo... they are really all starting to look alike...

lol, indeed they do. Here's NERDs description:

A very subtle trait, the Phantom is reminiscent of the Mojave morph, but lacks the extensive blushing & pattern irregularities. The homozygous Super Phantom trait must be seen to be believed, and Phantoms also lend their genetic wherewithal to a stunning Blue-Eyed Leucistic form. We're busy at work determining what other fun crosses can be made with Phantoms, and have been very happy watching the Woma Phantom combo grow up

NERD - New England Reptile Distributors - Phantom

when bred to the BEL group (Mojave, Lesser, Butter, Russo het, etc.) you get the expected Blue eyed lucies. When bred together (Phantom x Phantom), you get this (photo from Ralph Davis):

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	Heterozygous Heterozygous - the animal carries the gene for a genetic trait but does not outwardly demonstrate the trait. Example: A boa that is het for albino looks normal but carries the albino gene. When it is bred to another het for albino boa or an albino boa, a percentage of the offspring will be albino.

	Morph A morph is a color or pattern variation that is proven to be genetic. Common morphs include albino, anerythristic, gentically striped, Hypomelanistic, and many others. Morphs also include combinations of simple traits such as "Sunglow" which is Albino and Hypomelanistic. These traits may be recessive traits, co-dominant traits, dominant traits, or created through selective breeding (ie Pastel).

[BlackLava]

ive never heard of a phantom, WOW thats a really neat super(?) phantom! congrats!! he looks like a super pastel to me though haha. so what are the "markers" to look for if someone is trying to sell you a phantom bp?

	Ball Python The Ball Python (Python regius), also known as the Royal Python, is a ground dwelling snake native to the savannahs and rain forests in western Africa, predominatly the countries of Ghana, Togo, and Benin.

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[Katie M]

Originally Posted by BlackLava

ive never heard of a phantom, WOW thats a really neat super(?) phantom! congrats!! he looks like a super pastel to me though haha. so what are the "markers" to look for if someone is trying to sell you a phantom bp?

Cash is coming with genetic guarantees from the person selling him to me, who got him directly from Ralph Davis. As far as the markers, I would stick with the less blushing, cleaner pattern, etc. He is a Pastel Hypo, but not super (although it's cool how the two patterns express together). I'm thinking my Spider BP isn't gravid... wonder what a bumblebee phantom would look like?

	Ball Python The Ball Python (Python regius), also known as the Royal Python, is a ground dwelling snake native to the savannahs and rain forests in western Africa, predominatly the countries of Ghana, Togo, and Benin.

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	Hypomelanistic Hypomelanistic - a genetic reduction in the dark pigment Melanin.

	Gravid Gravid term used in biology to describe the condition of a female oviparous when carrying young internally.

[Keri]

That is a gorgeous phantom Katie!! I've liked these guys for a while but we see less of them out this way than mojos

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[Oroborous]

Good luck with your pairing! And that new guy is hot, his pattern is just gorgeous, and the color, wow!

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