Type: Recessive
First Produced By: TSK Inc.
Aliases: Ax TSK, Black Axanthic
First Produced In: 1999 [1]
Availability: Common
Last Updated: 2024-09-18
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There are multiple lines of non-allelic Axanthics, with the most worked with being the TSK, VPI, Joliff and MJ lines. In 2024, RGI proved Axanthic (TSK) and Black Axanthic to be the same gene [2]
Axanthic Ball Pythons have a mutation called Axanthism that only affects the xanthophores to either prevent or greatly reduce production of yellow and red pigmentation. The resulting snake is usually a mixture of black, grays and whites as the axanthic mutation does not affect the melanophores (brown and black pigment), or iridophores (iridescent pigmentation).
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Dan and Colette Sutherland. The Snake Keeper breeding program is based in Utah. They bred their first Axanthic Ball Python in 1999.
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The head of an Axanthic Ball Python doesn’t vary much, if at all, from that of a Normal Ball Python pattern-wise.
The body of an Axanthic Ball Python doesn’t vary much, if at all, from that of a Normal Ball Python pattern-wise.
The belly of an Axanthic Ball Python doesn’t vary much, if at all, from that of a Normal Ball Python pattern-wise.
The tail of an Axanthic Ball Python doesn’t vary much, if at all, from that of a Normal Ball Python pattern-wise.
No known related traits.
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