Black Pastel Woma Ball Python
One animal carrying both genes. Each one is inherited separately, so this combination is made by bringing them together rather than being a gene of its own.
Documented health findings on these genes
Black Pastel. Animals homozygous for this gene are widely reported in breeder records to show structural defects including kinked spines and jaw abnormalities.
Woma. Animals carrying this gene are reported to show a neurological head wobble in some lines.
The two genes
- Black Pastel
- co-dominant
- Darker and more contrasted, with the pattern reduced and the browns pushed toward black.
- Woma
- dominant
- Side markings faded away and the back markings drawn into narrow bands, with a clean head.
How one is made
Both genes have to come together in the same animal. The pairing that does it most directly is Black Pastel × Woma, which works out every outcome and its odds.