Skin colour (MC1R) Ball Python
peer reviewedMC1R
Offspring odds
No numbers for this one.
No inheritance mode has been recorded for Skin colour (MC1R), so no offspring odds are given. Guessing one would be worse than saying nothing: a breeder would plan a season on it.
What this rests on
A peer-reviewed paper identifies the variant behind this morph in the gene MC1R.
- A ball python colour morph implicates MC1R in melanophore-xanthophore distribution and pattern formation. — Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 2025