Yeah, Snow's are all variable just like you mentioned. Some have more pinkish hues, and yellows too, some can even have some greenish coloration to their scheme as well.



There is always a fair possibility it can be a "opal", or "pearl" as it is more commonly known as, but unless you paid a good deal more for it, it's more than likely a normal snow.



Yes, the coloration usually intensifies as they mature too. Adults usually look MUCH different than they did as hatchlings.



If you could get in touch with the person who bred that to see if the hypomelanism gene was involved, then you would stand a better cance of at least narrowing the possibility of it maybe being a "pearl" as well.



However, if these are "known" pearls, they will usually cost a great deal more than a regular snow too of course, because of the three traits being expressed in homozygous form, as opposed to just two(amel/anery).





hope this helps some. BTW,...nice animal!





~Doug
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