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DMong
at Sat Jun 19 11:45:54 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DMong ]
Congratulations on a very unique find!
Yes, that is definitely what is known in the colubrid hobby as a "T-positive"(aka lavender albino). With this mutation, the melanin is absent, but the melanocyte still contains tyrosinase (a melanin pre-cursor)within the pigment cell, giving it a lavender/purple hue.
That animal also looks to have slightly piebald sides with no pigment at all in it's lower ventrolateral area as well.
VERY cool indeed!
~Doug
----- "a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
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- Find of a life time - camposey, Fri Jun 18 08:22:50 2010
- RE: Find of a life time - Jlassiter, Fri Jun 18 10:13:26 2010
- RE: Find of a life time - Boneyard, Fri Jun 18 10:48:08 2010
- RE: Find of a life time - a153fish, Fri Jun 18 11:54:04 2010
- RE: Find of a life time - camposey, Fri Jun 18 12:04:36 2010
- Great find! - Jeff Schofield, Fri Jun 18 16:28:39 2010
- RE: Find of a life time - pyromaniac, Fri Jun 18 20:28:07 2010
- RE: Find of a life time - Jlassiter, Fri Jun 18 20:37:26 2010
- AWESOME!! - DMong, Sat Jun 19 11:45:54 2010
- WHOAH! n/p - JKruse, Sat Jun 19 19:32:12 2010
- RE: Find of a life time - Bluerosy, Mon Jun 21 12:37:23 2010
- RE: Find of a life time - Fleck, Mon Jun 21 15:43:31 2010
- RE: Find of a life time - Don Shores, Mon Jun 21 22:17:01 2010
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