DNA tests for ball python genes

When looks cannot settle it, a shed-skin DNA test often can. This page shows one lab's list.

This is the Rare Genetics Inc list as shown on MorphMarket's page for that lab, read on 2026-11-13: https://morphmarket.com/rgi. The lab's own site is raregeneticsinc.com; check it before ordering, because lists change. Other labs test ball pythons too and are not listed here. We have no relationship with any lab and list no prices.

Listed tests (50)

AcidAlbinoAsphaltAxanthic - GCR/MJ Axanthic - TSK/Black Axanthic - VPIBambooBarnhart Black PastelBlack Pastel BlackheadBongoCandy/Toffee Champagne Chocolate Cinnamon Clown Cryptic Cypress Desert Ghost Enchi Fire Genetic Stripe GHIGravelHidden Gene WomaHuffmanHurricane/Trick/BlitzHypo Lavender Albino Leopard Lesser/Butter Mojave Orange Dream PastelPhantom/MysticPiebald PuzzleRed StripeRussoSparkSpecialSpecial (Noco)SpecterSpider Spotnose Sunset Ultramel WomaWookieYellowbelly

Complex panels on the same list

Spider Complex

BlackheadBongoChampagne Chocolate Cypress Hidden Gene Woma Spider Spotnose WomaWookie

Yellow Belly Complex

AsphaltGravelSparkSpecterYellowbelly

Blue Eyed Lucy Complex

BambooLesser/Butter MojavePhantom/MysticRussoSpecial

What a test can and cannot tell you

A test answers whether a named gene is present. It does not identify a breeder's line unless the lab names the line (the Axanthic tests above are line-specific), and a clear result for one gene says nothing about untested genes.