Possible WC hypo

[snakeman]

Albino, amelanistic same thing in the snake world

[adamanteus]

Albino, amelanistic same thing in the snake world

Define 'snake world'..... both terms cannot be correct, surely?

[zooplan]

I´ve seen hypomelanistic specimens
that were called albino too
serious breeders should call thier breed as correct as possible
calling something albino is just a kind of merchandising to me
This shouldn´t mean that I´m not doing the same sometimes

[GartersRock]

Hmmm.... I still think amelanistic...
Dark markings? Like paradox spots??

[zooplan]

On the photos you can see, that the pattern is quite normal even lighter
(less black pigments)

[adamanteus]

In a nutshell, Udo... I also think the term 'albino' is used as a kind of merchandising.
Albinism (to me) is a recognised condition where an animal lacks ALL pigment. I still cannot find any scientific treatise to contradict this. All I can find is the 'naming' system introduced by snake breeders.

I don't pretend to know, so I am open to further education on this.... Who says that a colourful snake can be correctly named 'albino'?

I've said it before and I'll say it again... I know very little about genetics, but I know what I've read and what I've learned.... Albinos lack ALL pigmentation, don't they? Who decided that snakes are outside these rules?

[Garter_Gertie]

In a nutshell, Udo... I also think the term 'albino' is used as a kind of merchandising.
Albinism (to me) is a recognised condition where an animal lacks ALL pigment. I still cannot find any scientific treatise to contradict this. All I can find is the 'naming' system introduced by snake breeders.

I don't pretend to know, so I am open to further education on this.... Who says that a colourful snake can be correctly named 'albino'?

I've said it before and I'll say it again... I know very little about genetics, but I know what I've read and what I've learned.... Albinos lack ALL pigmentation, don't they? Who decided that snakes are outside these rules?

Standing right behind James and going, "Yep, yep... Yep. Yep!"

[GartersRock]

I am still with James and converting over to using correct terms.
I am still baffled that the common "Albino" Ball Python and the "Albino" corn snake, technically, really aren't albino at all! They must have slapped the name on long ago because it sounded better the amelanistic...
Very, very interesting.

[infernalis]

The corn snake dealers

Cy was sold as albino, does he look albino?



Snowflake is called a Snow, but to me a true albino..



the "Christmas Albino" radix is all white, with a yellow stripe and some light spotting, very pretty, but there is color??? so me thinks that "Christmas Albino" was invented to help market the color.

[GartersRock]

Corn snake dealers.... *grumbles*