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Rextiles
at Sun Jan 18 01:55:45 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Rextiles ]
I do agree, the Toffee's are a beautiful and unique snake.
However, the phenotype doesn't always accurately describe the genotype, sometimes it does, but not always. To describe a snake as a definitive genotype without any scientific backing let alone line breeding seems like quite a stretch. I believe that in order to accurately describe a snake as a specific genotype, one needs to do a lot more research instead of just doling out a name based loosely on it's phenotype.
Can these actually be a T Albino Paradox, sure. Does it mean that they are just because of how they look? Not at all. Right now, there's apparently no backing to root any of these terms in reality, it all seems to be based on conjecture at this point.
I'm just saying that it would be far more prudent to have something to back a statement such as calling these Paradox T Albino's. So far there isn't anything really concrete about this term other than basing an opinion solely on the animals phenotype if I'm not mistaken. Calling it a Toffeebelly or whatever is fine because it is a generalized non-scientific term to describe this obviously unique phenotype/genotype. Whereas, calling something a T Albino, which is a specific genotype, or even a looser term such as Paradox should have something more to back it up on.
What if you breed these Toffees to another albino, will you get Hets because the two are completely different genotypes? How about if you breed Toffees with what is currently called a Hypo, what do you get there? Is the so-called Paradox trait inheritable outside of the Toffee line or is it part of it's genotype along with it's form of albinism? I really do hope that these are what they are, because if they were, then that would give us a much more interesting gene pool to play with. But these are questions that seriously need to be investigated and answered before any specific terms should be applied to this lineage, otherwise, like I said, it's just conjecture. That's all I'm saying. 
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RE: I'm interested in hearing your opinion - Rextiles, Sun Jan 18 01:55:45 2009