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Sable Ball Python

Mutation: Primary
Color & pattern 

 
Genetics
Co-dominant

 
First Produced
Eric Burkett
(2002)

AKA
Co-dominant hypermelanistic

 
Related Projects
Mudball
Sable: Super

  

Finally, an inheritable hypermelanistic
Glossary: hypermelanistic
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Possessing more black, dark or melanin-based pigment than normal. Also see "melanistic".
ball python morph!  Add to that a lovely iridescence rarely seen in ball python mutations, a fantastic homozygous
Glossary: homozygous
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Possessing identical alleles for the trait in question. Homozygous mutations are visibly different than normal (wild type) ball pythons, and in the case of co-dominant genes, they possess a different appearance than the heterozygous form as well.
form, and a highly variable pattern, and you've got potential that's pretty hard to beat!  Sables are dusky & velvety, with sooty yellow undertones, and blue iridesence in direct light.    These snakes often have black backs interspersed with reddish blushing, and busy lateral with irregular "alien faces" and granitey speckling.  The homozygous Super Sable is an extremely dark, unique python with extreme iridesence & a reduced pattern.  While the Sable may seem like a subtle trait at first, it will be a key ingredient to some very surprising combo mutations in the future! 
 
     





 
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