DESCRIPTION My original female was captive hatched in Ghana in the spring of 2000. I bred her in 2002 to a Butterscotch Ghost. Out of her four eggs one was a normal, 2 were reduced pattern and black-backed, and one was Hypermelanistic! In 2004 I bred one of her offspring back to her and produced half normals and half Reduced patterns. 2006 I should produce offspring from her siblings bred to each other. The genetics of this snake is puzzling to say the least.