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Co-dominant ball python gene · super form: Super Adder

Adder Ball Python: Genetics and Pairing Odds

Adder is a co-dominant (incomplete dominant) gene. One copy gives the Adder look, and two copies make the Super Adder, a stronger version of it. Bred to a normal, a Adder gives about half Adder babies; a Super Adder gives Adder babies every time.

In Lock and Lay, Adder can't be bought at the start. It turns up only as a spontaneous mutation, from a lucky egg, and the first breeder to hatch one gets their name on the discovery board.

What Adder pairings produce

PairingBabies, per egg
Adder × Normal50% Normal50% Adder
Adder × Adder50% Adder25% Normal25% Super Adder
Super Adder × Normal100% Adder
Super Adder × Adder50% Adder50% Super Adder

Try Adder pairings yourself

Put any two animals into the ball python morph calculator for the full odds, hets and supers included. Or breed Adder ball pythons in Lock and Lay, a free ball python game where every clutch follows these same odds and the babies sell on a live market.

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