Monsoon by Triangle Reptile and Rodents0

Monsoon by Triangle Reptile and Rodents1

Monsoon Ball Python by Dave Green Reptiles

Monsoon

Type: Recessive

First Produced By: Dave Green

Aliases: Super Fractal

First Produced In: 2013

Availability: Common

Last Updated: 2025-07-09

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About

Upon discovering the Monsoon morph in his breeding program, Dave Green initially referred to it as the “King of Dinkers” due to its striking and unusual pattern. However, in 2015, he was able to prove that the Monsoon trait was recessive and required a proper name. This realization prompted Green to give the morph the official name of “Monsoon,” which is now one of the most widely recognized traits in the Ball Python community.

History

In 2013, reptile breeder Dave Green made a seemingly straightforward pairing between a Pastel Special and a Super Mojave in order to create the coveted Crystal combo. However, when the clutch hatched, Green immediately noticed that one of the offspring had a distinctive and unprecedented pattern. This pattern stood out as being unlike anything he had encountered before, piquing his curiosity and setting him on a path towards discovering a new and exciting morph.

In May 2022 Justin Kobylka of Kinova released a Youtube video that documented his progress in proving Monsoon and Moray to be the same.^[1]

Appearance

Head

The head of the Monsoon Ball Python is a light tanned color with very little, if any, head stamp.

Body

The Monsoon Ball Python is a striking morph with a unique pattern that dominates its body. The pattern is highly intricate and appears to shatter the distinctive “alien head” markings that are typically seen on ball pythons. Instead, the Monsoon pattern resembles a labyrinth, with a thin and separated dorsal stripe that is broken in places. Overall, the Monsoon Ball Python is a fascinating example of the incredible variety of patterns and colors that can be found in reptiles.

Tail

The tail of the Monsoon Ball Python usually expresses the same patterning as the rest of the body.

Proven Lines

Some breeders believe that Moray and Monsoon may represent the same underlying genetic mutation, but this has not yet been genetically confirmed. Observations, pairings, and phenotype comparisons have led many in the community to treat them as suspected identical traits.

Related Traits

Fractal:

@prodigiouspythons: "Long story short Fractal = Het Monsoon. There’s whole lot of drama surrounding it but basically Monsoon has been proven to be inc-dom in my findings with my collection and Billy’s collection. The Leopard Monsoon that Billy hatched out was found using these ‘Fractal’ characteristics. The male that makes these ‘Fractal’ animals is the brother to the male that sired the Leopard Monsoon last year. I started hatching Fractals out in 2018 and this year I might have a shot at ‘Supers’ if my females decide to go.

I call it Fractal because I can see the effect in the Het form and thats what I labeled it as. At the time I didn’t have confirmation it was Monsoon until the Leopard Monsoon hatched out. (Nobody but Billy and a handful of people believed me and even now people are still skeptical so yeah) I even have Fractals that paradox and show the ‘Super’ through the paradoxing. (Calico Leopard Fractal I have listed on MM for example albeit the photos make it hard to see)

You can go on MorphMarket and look at all listings of all the 100% Het Monsoons listed over the years and you should be able to see what I am seeing. (I hope anyway) The ‘Fractal’ manifests similar to yellow belly in that there are varying degrees of intensity but if you know what you are looking for, even the normal looking ones can be picked out.

https://imgur.com/a/HgU07sh - an old gallery of stuff I made in 2019.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0oo0ncPZXg - Vid Royal Canadian Reptiles made about it (Shout outs to Will)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feLXCr59Wak - Long video by Mutation Creation where he explains the origins of how the gene ended up in his collection (and its connection to the Tom Baker Line of Special)

I am the only one who is claiming Monsoon to be Inc-dom so take that with a grain of salt if you want but I know what Im seeing and it has been proved out albeit in not my collection. Like I mentioned prior, you can go through all the 100% Het Monsoon’s on MorphMarket, facebook, etc. and you can see what I’m seeing.

Im sure theres some points I’ve missed but if I can solve the ‘puzzle’ (no pun intended) I assume others can as well. A hint that would help would be to compare the Special Het Monsoons on MorphMarket to non-het versions of the same combo and you can see the huge night and day difference." ^[2]