Ball Pythons
	VPI Axanthic VPI Axanthics are one of the three most popular types of their kind. They are just the opposite of Albinos, as they exhibit no color other than different shades of black & white. This is a simple recessive trait. They are the key ingredients in making many popular morphs including Snow Balls, Axanthic Bees, and Axanthic Clowns. None of the three kinds of Axanthic are compatible.
	Spider The Spider Ball is an absolute must have in anyone’s collection. They are used in more than 50% of the combination morphs made every year. This is a co-dominant trait. They are key ingredients in several projects including, Bumble Bees, Spinners, Spieds, Spinnerblasts, Killer Bees, and Honey Bees.
	Mojave Type I The Mojave Ball is typically very light in coloration, showing lots of light browns, yellows, and creams. However we picked this color form up in ‘07 from a breeder in Topeka, KS. It is much darker than most of the Mojave Balls in the market. It does produce solid white offspring when bred to another Mojave. The white babies are called Blue Eyed Luecistics. This is a dominant form of the Mojave morph.
	Lesser Platinum The original Lesser Platinum was reproduced by Ralph Davis. They are a co-dominant trait. The “Super” or dominant form of this type is a Blue Eyed Luecistic. They are keys to making Queen Bees, Platy Daddies, as well as many other combinations.
	Black Pastel The Black Pastel has become more and more popular as the years go by. This co-dominant morph is used to make some of the industries newest and coolest morphs, including Eight Balls, Cue Balls, Pewters, Silver Streaks, Panda Pieds, and Silver Bullets.
	Cinnamon Pastel The Cinnamon Pastel is very similar to the Black Pastel trait. In fact some believe they are the same. However they are generally lighter in coloration, and their dominate form isn’t as dark as the Eight Ball. In fact many call the dominant form of the Cinnamon Pastel either a Super Cinnamon or the Hershey Ball since it looks much like milk chocolate. They do make several of the same morphs such as the Pewters, Silver Streaks, and Silver Bullets but with much lighter color tones.
	Orange Ghost The Orange Ghost is a simple recessive trait that is now used in many different morphs. They are the key to making combos such as Honey Bees, POGs, and Caramel Glows. There are a few different types of Orange Ghost and none of them are compatible. We are currently only working with the NERD line.
	Pinstripe The Pinstripe was originally reproduced by Brian Barczyk. Like the Spider Ball this is a co-dominant gene with no dominant form. It has been used in making some of the most popular combination morphs in the industry, including the Lemon Blasts, Spinner Blasts, and King Pins.
	Albino The Albino Ball was the first recessive color morph ever to be reproduced in captivity. This morph is one of Bob Clark’s claims to fame. The Albino until recently held its value up in the several thousands of dollars. They are now one of the more affordable morphs, and another “must have” for any ball python breeder. There are several morphs they are key to, but just simply having an Albino Ball is something to be proud of.
	Mojave Type II This is the look that is considered to be a traditional Mojave. They were first reproduced in 2000, by the Snake Keeper making them the first to produce the ever popular Blue Eyed Luescistic. Since that time they have been used to make other amazing combination morphs, such as the Pastave, Party Mojave, and Spidaves.
	Pastel Yellow Belly The Pastel Yellow Belly is a combination of two co-dominant traits, that being the Pastel and Yellow Belly trait. Breeding this snake into any combination of morphs will produce many different kinds of appearances. The main focus for this snake is to produce a Pastel Ivory by breeding it back to a Yellow Belly.
	Pied The Pied is arguably the most popular ball python morph. It is a recessive morph that was reproduced originally by Pete Kahl. The Pied would have most likely been the first morph reproduced in captivity if it weren’t for the fact that many of the original breeders thought that there was something wrong with them. They were being imported with regular balls from Africa and being sold at a discount due to their unique appearance. For many years, this morph held the spot for being the most expensive morph in the hobby. It wasn’t unusual to see these sold for the ten thousand dollars. They are now being utilized in producing combos such as Panda Pieds, Dreamcicles, and Spieds.
	Wild Type The standard appearance of a ball python is extremely variable, but all at some point appear much like the example shown here. However there are still several morphs that have been proven out that look very similar to a standard or wild type, but still produce other extremely irregular ball pythons.
	Woma The Woma gets its name from the banding it has which resembles the Woma Python from Australia. The Woma is a co-dominant gene that is used in producing many attractive combos. It must be pointed out that this trait does have a “Super” form that is called the Pearl; unfortunately none of these have ever survived more than a few weeks after hatching. There has never been a successful breeding of two Womas to each other, unless one of them carries the genetics of an additional morph such as a Pastel Woma.
	Caramel Albino The Caramel Albino Ball is a completely different form of Albino than the one produced by Bob Clark. They are more caramel in color hence their name. They are a recessive trait that has been used to make several combos including Caramel Glows. Caramel Pieds, and the Caramel Mojave.
	Butter Reptile Industries was the founder of the Butter Ball. The Butter rounds out the three types of color morphs that can make the Blue Eyed Luecistic. The Butter is a co-dominant gene. Any combination of a Mojave, Lesser, or Butter will make the dominant Blue Eyed Lucy. The Butter and Lesser will both make similar combos such as the Queen Bee, and Butter Pins.
	Pastel The Pastel was the original genetic mutation reproduced in the hobby in 1997. This lineage of Pastel is the original line, which was founded by Greg Graziani. There are several bloodlines of Pastel available, all of which are compatible. The gene is a co-dominant gene that does produce a dominant form when bred back to another Pastel. This is called a Super Pastel.
	Lemon Pastel The Lemon Pastel was originally reproduced by New England Reptile Distributors (NERD). Like all lines of Pastel they are co-dominant, with a dominant form available upon being bred back to another Pastel. The thing that separates this line from others is the extreme bright yellow along with the very rich black coloration. The Pastel is used in making several combination morphs including Bumble Bees, Killer Bees, Queen Bees, Pewters, Silver Streaks, Silver Bullets, and Killer Clowns.
	Orange Pastel The Orange Pastel gets it’s name from the extreme resemblance they have as babies to an over ripe orange. They are like all other forms of Pastel, in they are co-dominant with a potential for a dominant form. This is a fairly new line that was reproduced by a private breeder in Florida in 2007.
	Harlequin This mutation of ball python has very little known about it. It has proven to be co-dominant. They are extremely variable in pattern. The one we are currently working with has some of the most extreme pattern that many have seen. Their patterns often appear like melted wax poured over the snake. There is work currently being done with this gene to see if they are similar to the Matrix line which is a key ingredient in producing the every popular Super Stripe Ball.
	Yellow Belly Descriptive text for Yellow Belly
	Mohaghany The Mahogany Ball was developed to be a co-dominant mutation in 2006. Very little is known about this gene. There have been very few males produced with this mutation, which is why there are not many available in the trade. The only combo that has been produced with this mutation is the Amber. For some reason when females in this line hit sexual maturity they pass away, as ours did during the 2009 breeding season.
	Fireball The Fireball was proven out in 2003 by UK breeder Eric Davies. This co-dominant trait also has a dominant form available called the Black Eyed Luecistic. This line has since been introduced into several other genetics making combination mutations such as the Fire Fly, Vanilla Crème, and Fire Pin.
	Hybrid "Super Ball" (Blood/Ball) The Super Ball was the first hybrid python to be produced including a Ball Python. Along with the Ball Python, a Borneo Blood Python was used to make this exciting snake. They were originally produced by Roussis Reptiles in 2002. Unlike many hybrids they are completely fertile and F2s have since been produced.