In disputing whether,or not any of the boas which appear to be expressing tyrosinase positive albinism,have been clinicly,or chemicaly tested for tyrosinase activity...what I am saying is that visual criteria can be established to ascertain,or at the very least presume in the absence of microbiochemical testing,that an animal is expressing some sort of tyrosinase deficiency to the degree that constitutes a form of albinism. without test breeding them to each other,compatability,or synonymy cannot be proven."Why make up a bunch of fluff,brand names?" in the cases of locality,or distinct subspecific status preservation,many may opt not to test breed simply to be able to say the anomolies are the same...as for the comparison (from the other fellow.) about hypomelanism & albinism,that is true,(IMHO) T pos. amelanism is often mistaken for hypomelanism,as it was with the Argentine boas,and in my opinion,currently in the case of the "extreme hypo" Honduran milks....however,what we call "hypo",(salmon/orangetail) in boas is nothing like amelanism,and appears to be a distinct trait associated with Central American populations of boa constrictor ssp.(really very different from typical examples of true hypomelanism as seen in other species.also,IMHO)
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