>>there are other color morphs that would do just fine out in the wild. Even if all the albinos got eaten, you would still have greens, labyrinths, granites etc. yet none of those seem to be found either.

You're absolutely right. BUT -- you knew there had to be a "but" -- these morphs are more recent in introduction than the albinos, and not as common. And more expensive? I don't know the market well enough to say.

Also, you have to remember that there are not millions of burms out there -- only thousands. And there would have been even fewer original releases, with the rest being hatched in the glades. IF the original glades snakes were pet releases, or if SOME of them were, you would expect the released ones to be mostly from the low end of the market -- the less valuable animals -- and thus less likely to be morphs or hets. If a couple of higher end morphs did get released, there's no reason why they would be released in the same area -- so they might not even meet up with each other.

This is all just speculation, of course!
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0.1 Peruvian rainbow boa (Amaru)
2.0 Brazilian rainbow boas (TBA)
0.3 Honduran milksnakes (Chicchan, Chanir, Hari)
1.0 Thayeri kingsnake (TBA)
2.7 corns (Cetto, Tolosa, TBA)
1,000,000.1,000,000 other critters

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