>>Concerning this blood line, to make ot short, they don't have a pattern reduction like the hypo have, they have no black,( the picture don't do them justice), it's even more spectacular when they are adults, it's all about brown and lavender, the hypos have black.



I am not comparing these to the incomplete dominant/dominant form of hypomelanism that is already established. It's obvious even allowing for some dark tones that resemble black as a photographic illusion that they are NOT the same thing. I am comparing these boas to the various other expressions of recessive hypomelanism in reptiles. Many of which have no black, some even border on albinism. There's at least four different non compatible strains of hypomelanism in cornsnakes for example...all are recessive (save the "ultra" which apparently expresses itself in the same manner as paradigm boas when bred to an amelanistic animal) I know there's many forms of amelanism. There's many forms of hypomelanism as well, and in my opinion these are better described as recessive hypos than amelanistics T positive or otherwise. Sorry if you took this as I was saying your animals are the same thing as the existing incomplete/dominant hypos, that was not my intention. I think Blonde Albino is a great trade name for them, I only wanted to hear other's opinions about tyrosinase being responsible for the appearance. Great looking snakes!

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