I placed Randy's and Vinny's snakes side-by-side in the photo below. In the bottom/left of the photo I also placed one of my '07 normal Burmese that I believe is het for albino & labyrinth (it's technically 66% het).



I used Photoshop to adjust the "Curves" on Vinny's snake just a little, lightening it up just a tad in order to get the background bleedthrough out of the photo. I imagine that the colors are pretty close to real life (are they Vinny?).



I'm basically a genetic idgit (idiot) so I can't stand (or sit) here and claim one thing or another as far as "hypo" goes.



Vinny, you've been a good sport in these discussions. I know it's hard not to take things personal, after all, it's your personal snake. It appears that you want to find out the truth. I wish I knew.



As they say here in my neck of the woods, "I ain't got a dawg in the hunt." No ulterior motive or sides to choose.



I think it's pretty safe to say that Randy's is a hypo - het leucistic Burmese Python. (Top/left pic)



Vinny's snake (top/right pic) appears to have a significant amount more black borders than Randy's. However, it appears that it does have some less black than my normal Burmese (bottom/let pic).



Take a good, long, look at all three snakes. What stands out the most? To me, it's the pattern of Vinny's snake. Randy's snake's pattern and my snake's pattern closely resemble each other. Even though mine is technically 66% het albino/labyrinth, is it still considered a normal Burmese Python?



The pattern difference throws a wrench in the works for me. I'm having trouble getting past it. Maybe I'm just not clear on the what the debate's all about.



Could Vinny's snake be a hypo? I suppose so. At the moment, I'm not going to say it's not. Is it a hypo Burmese? I wouldn't call it that. To me, the pattern rules out a pure P. molurus bivittatus. Even though the scale count may be the same as a P.m.b I don't think the pattern agrees with it.



I think "jr88" made a good point about how true-identifying names get left off of morphs, for one reason or another. There are so many "normal" Burmese Pythons with gobs of other morph genes in them to where there's probably not a true normal bred in captivity these days. People are hideously polluting the gene pool. Some for personal gain and some out of carelessness.



Vinny, regardless of what exactly your snake is, I do know that it is s beautiful one.



Ya'll take care!

Mike

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