you can visually distinguish a "het hypo" from a normal because the trait is dominant. If a hypo has the possibility of being homozygous, it will be marketed as such (ie "possible super", or "super". Plus "possible super" sounds so much cooler than "possible homozygous".

With a recessive trait, you have to signify whether the animal is a het or not, because, assuming its not homozygous, it will look normal. And there's no other way I know of to signify it is a het than just saying "het". We could say "100% albino gene carriers for sale", I guess. But "het" works so much better...

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