To my knowledge, that would be a first. I inadvertently hatched an all white Eastern Painted turtle a few years ago. Actually, it pipped, but never emerged from the egg. I removed the eggs from a road killed female. Since the trait seemed to prove fatal, I just released the siblings at the pond nearest to where I found the female. It's too upsetting to me to deal with the mortality of some of these genetic traits.



(Aside) I used to work at a vet, and some lady would bring in albino aussie shepherd puppies. She was a breeder, and was trying to produce the first ever albino aussie that wasn't blind and deaf. She'd wait until they were old enough to tell...they would ALWAYS be blind and deaf! We'd have to euthanize the whole lot. Finally, we told that nutcase to take a hike. We'd all be near tears when she'd bring the litters in. I truly hope that you have better luck...it seems as if herps can deal with albinism much better than mammals.

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