>> The "Blotchless" Everglades photo, in actually a hypo Everglades. They typically have an almost absent striping due to the greatly reduced melanin. And it has dark eyes as well.



LOL, I can see where you might be confused but trust me that is NOT a hypo everglades. I know, I took that photo. They do look very similar to hypos as adults. Here are some other pics that I dug up (old 35mm prints scanned in) from the mid 90s:



Another pic of Frank's snake:





And a pic of a hypomelanistic everglades:





As you can see from the poor quality photos they do indeed look very similar. However the difference is more noticeable when the snakes are younger.



Here is a hatchling blotchless:





And here is a photo of a hatchling hypo everglades and a normal sibling:





And here is a hypo after a few sheds:





The hypos are born with blotches and they gradually blend in with the ground color as the snake matures whereas the blotchless are born striped and remain that way. As adults there isn't much difference, other than that most hypos are much more richly colored than the blotchless (or at least the ones I've owned and seen in collections.)



>> Here is a photo I dug up of a nice example of "Bubblegum" Ratsnake.



Yep, that is a perfect example of a Love line albino bubblegum rat snake. I've had a few of those myself over the years. Here is a pic I dug up:







Kathy told me at a show one time that she actually selectively bred for the most orange specimens, and all of the offspring that I ever raised from her really show it.



Hope this helps,

dg

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