Unless things have changed in the last couple of years, no boa constrictor has been tested for nonfunctional tyrosinase. In other words, there are no *proven* T negative albino boa constrictors.

I don't get out to the shows much so cannot comment on their word useage authoritatively. My personal opinion is that "albino" is used so loosely that any boa constrictor that is lighter than normal could get called an albino.

Alternatively, they might have been using "albino" for a specific line of T positive albinos. And they were relying on the context for identification of the line. After all, "albino" is a lot shorter than "John Doe's tyrosinase positive albinos".

What I would like would be a unique name for each mutant gene rather than lumping several together under "albino". But I'm not holding my breath.

Paul Hollander

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