Specter Ball python

Co-dominant (incomplete dominant) morph

Inheritance: Co-dominant (incomplete dominant)
Super form: Super Specter
Allelic with: Asphalt, Gravel, Yellow Belly
Also called: —

How Specter is inherited

Specter is co-dominant: one copy produces a visual Specter, and two copies produce the Super Specter. Breeding a Specter to a normal gives about 50% Specter babies.

New to these terms? See the genetics glossary.

Specter is allelic with Asphalt, Gravel, Yellow Belly: they sit at the same spot on the chromosome, so an animal can carry at most two of them, and pairing them produces combination morphs.

Allelic to Yellow Belly.

Breeding outcomes

Odds per egg. Try your own pairing in the genetics calculator.

Specter × Normal

50%Normal
50%Specter

Specter × Specter

50%Specter
25%Normal
25%Super Specter

Super Specter × Normal

100%Specter

Specter × Asphalt

25%Asphalt
25%Asphalt Specter
25%Normal
25%Specter

Specter × Gravel

25%Gravel
25%Gravel Specter
25%Normal
25%Specter

Specter × Yellow Belly

25%Normal
25%Specter
25%Specter Yellow Belly
25%Yellow Belly

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