Russo

Type: Incomplete Dominant

Complex: Complex: Blue Eyed Leucistic (BluEL)

Aliases: Lemon Het Leucistic, Het White Diamond, Russo Line Het Leucistics, Lemon Ball

First Produced In: 1998

Availability: Higher

Last Updated: 2025-02-05

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About

Russo is an inc-dominant mutation founded in 1998.

History

In the 2002 Breeding Season I was very Fortunate enough to hatch a Blue Eyed Leucistic Ball Python “White Diamond” from 2 of my “High Yellow Lemon” Ball Pythons. The High Yellow Lemons are a Incomplete Dominant trait and when bred together produce Proven Genetic Leucistic Ball Pythons. Since the name “Lemon Ball” is a little confusing ( and since there are a few white snake producing Ball Pythons out there ) I decided to simply call these yellow colored Ball pythons “Russo Line Het Leucistics”. When you breed a “Russo Line Het Leucistic” to a normal Ball Python you will get half a clutch of visible Het Lemon yellow colored Ball Pythons or Russo Line hets ( Proven here in 1998 ). These Hets are beautifull in their own right and are very distinguishable from their normal littermates. The Leucistics that these produce have deep Blue eyes that almost look through you and a pure white color over the entire snake - these are named “White Diamonds”.

Appearance

Head

The head of a Russo Ball Python is usually topped with a heavily faded crown, often with a lighter spot in its center.

Body

The body of a Russo Ball Python mostly follows the “alien head” pattern of a Normal Ball Python but much grainier pigmentation and dirtier tones are displayed.