Axanthic ball pythons are lacking yellow pigment. Normally colored ball pythons have rich brown tones and dark black areas. The brown areas in a ball python’s skin are created by combinations of yellow pigments and other darker pigments. In axanthic ball pythons, the yellow pigment is not present so the areas that normally would be brown are instead shades of gray. It almost looks like a black and white photo of a ball python.

I am currently working with the Barker strain of axanthic ball pythons. This line of axanthic produces great ball pythons that are only shades of silver, gray, white, and black. This mutation will provide ball python enthusiasts with years of morph combinations. Axanthics can be bred into other morphs in an effort to "wipe out the yellow".