Leucism is said to be one of the rarest genes out there . I think Ralph's point (and likely a correct point) is that to say all these "white snakes" are true Leucistics is not really all that accurate. The Super Mojave is a good example of this as it isn't really a pure white snake at all YET it obviously is a member of the Blue Eyed Leucistic family so I bet what Ralph is saying is that if Super Mojave is an Allele to Super Lesser then is Super Lesser truely a Leucistic or not or just perhaps a more white looking snake BUT not truely a Leucistic at all. Keep in mind that Phantom and now Mystic are also alleles to Lesser as well and we all can easily agree that those aren't what we would consider Leucistics at all either YET again are alleles to Lesser /Butter. You would need to ask Ralph to get a better answer but I have a feeling he is looking at it at this angle at least a little when he said that and I think he may be right too for that matter. I'm not sure if a true Leucistic Ball Python that is RECESSIVE is a better example of a true Leucistic or not but to me that actually would make alot of sense , far as I know that snake has yet to be found and is likely one of the genes we have not isolated just yet! Obviously some of these Supers are very white (Super Lesser) and some not so much so (Ivory, Super Phantom, Super Mystic, Super Mojave) so it really comes down to the fact of if they are TRUE Leucistics or not I think is Ralph's point, AGAIN you need to ask him what he means but I think that's his point regarding the TRUE Leucistic subject!

Anthony McCain

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