>>It’s the first known Maltese dilution trait, a disorder of pigment production, seen in this hobby. (There are other things that may be this trait, but not recognized yet) Your snake is fairly valuable. It’s one of the most exciting things seen in awhile. I would call it a Maltese Black Rat, and call that one “Adam”.



If I understand the nature of the maltese dilution, should the snake actually be blue (diluted black color) and/or lilac (diluted brown color) instead of white?

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• Update: Wild caught albino black rat - Wyvern, Fri Jul 11 20:21:31 2008
• Pics 1-3 - Wyvern, Fri Jul 11 20:24:31 2008
• Pics 4-6 - Wyvern, Fri Jul 11 20:25:49 2008
• Pics 7-9 - Wyvern, Fri Jul 11 20:28:30 2008
• Pic 10-14 (includes eye close ups) - Wyvern, Fri Jul 11 20:33:15 2008
• oops.. left one out - Wyvern, Fri Jul 11 20:36:13 2008
• Cripes... pink sky???.... dunno why - Wyvern, Fri Jul 11 20:41:57 2008
• Awesome! ... - Redmoon, Fri Jul 11 23:08:27 2008
• RE: Awesome! ... - Wyvern, Sun Jul 13 16:54:19 2008
• RE: Awesome! ... - Redmoon, Tue Jul 15 09:40:45 2008
• very nice snake you have there n/p - FRoberts, Sat Jul 12 09:58:22 2008
• RE: Update: Wild caught albino black rat - DMong, Sat Jul 12 20:22:50 2008
• RE: Hey Doug - dre, Sat Jul 12 21:26:17 2008
• RE: Hey Doug - DMong, Sat Jul 12 22:33:15 2008
• RE: Update: Wild caught albino black rat - Wyvern, Sun Jul 13 17:26:25 2008
• RE: Update: Wild caught albino black rat - Upscale, Sat Jul 12 22:21:35 2008
• RE: Update: Wild caught albino black rat - Wyvern, Sun Jul 13 16:51:49 2008
• RE: Update: Wild caught albino black rat - Upscale, Sun Jul 13 18:11:46 2008
• here's an albino with normal eye color - colby, Tue Jul 15 11:46:31 2008