"A Paradox boa is a T neg albino that happens to have black specs on it."

Don't assume only T-neg boas lack black pigment and can be Paradox. The phenotype of some forms of T-positive amelanistics can also lack black pigment. Neither the Kahl nor Sharp strain have been tested for active tyrosinase so we are not sure if they are T-neg or T-pos.

And why restrict the term Paradox to only those animals that show black where it shouldn't be? Wouldn't a snow boa that shows both black pigment and some red pigment be a Paradox? So, why not call anerys that show some red where it shouldn't be a Paradox anery? To me a Paradox is simply anything that goes against our knowledge of what these genes should be doing.

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