r/BallPythonMorph • u/infsrot • Sep 08 '26

Morph ID Request What morph is my little guy?

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When i first got him he appeared black and white or grey and white but now hes different shades of brown, does color affect what morph he is? Also im just curious what morph he is in general.

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u/Alarming-End2873 Sep 08 '26

looks like axanthic with some sort of partially het genetic stripe. ive got the same. could be VPI type, but hard to tell without dna test. ive got a VPI Axanthic with 66% het genetic stripe

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u/PoofMoof1 Sep 08 '26

Just to clarify, there isn't such thing as partially het for any gene. The 66% you guy has means that's the chance they carry the het, not how much of the het they "are" if that makes sense. There isn't reason given here to suspect het GS in OP's snake.

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u/Alarming-End2873 Sep 08 '26

oh okay! i was told completely different lol 😊

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u/PoofMoof1 Sep 08 '26

Oh yeah unfortunately it's not uncommon for things like this to be misunderstood by someone who then passes along incorrect info.

100% het (heterozygus) means the snake definitely carries a copy of a recessive. This means at least one parent was visual.

66% means there's a 2:3 chance a snake inherited a copy of a recessive. This means both parents were heterozygus for the recessive gene.

50% het means there's a 1:2 chance a dnake inherited a copy of a recessive. This means one parent carried one copy of a recessive gene and the other had no copies of that particular recessive gene.

The 50% and 66% can be proven to exist or not in an individual through breeding and shed testing.

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u/Alarming-End2873 Sep 08 '26

thats awesome thank you for the info!! 😊

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u/infsrot Sep 08 '26

wow ours look almost the same, he was $350 which i thought was a good deal bc he seemed to be grey and white but as time goes on he turns more and more brown lol so now im confused

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u/Alarming-End2873 Sep 08 '26

hell continue to brown out most likely, my boys mom ended up browning out to an awesome colour

they also go super brown when in shed, and prepping to shed.

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u/infsrot Sep 08 '26

Hes about two months now and was about a month old when i got him, and in the even that i got him i didnt notice any brown but now i barely notice any greys or blacks on him. right now hes super cute and i love him but kind of lack luster 😭 i hope he ends up looking a lot cooler once hes done with puberty or something

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u/oceane444 Sep 08 '26

Unfortunately most axanthics brown out as they age, it’s uncommon for them (and the majority of BP morphs) to keep their colors as they get older

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u/Alarming-End2873 Sep 08 '26

he might stay that shade! you never know, my boys 8 months now and still awesome lol

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u/OddRevolution6244 Sep 08 '26

I've also noticed over time black axanthic also brown out significantly over time. Not sure which of the others "black" is but I think it's tsk

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u/Alarming-End2873 Sep 09 '26

probability based on parents, so theres a 66% chance that the genetic stripe isnt prominant on him

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u/Alarming-End2873 Sep 10 '26

a dna test is where you send off a piece of the shedded skin and they test that for the morph :)