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Rextiles
at Wed Feb 20 18:25:59 2013 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Rextiles ]
Thanks for posting the pictures and investigative updates!
Oddly enough, that animal looks more like a Western Snow or even a very washed out Pink Pastel than it does the commonly labeled Western "Albino".
This is just another example of why the term Amelanistic should be used instead of Albino as there are obviously many different forms of Amelanism which is kind of a broad term defining animals that lack certain melanistic pigmentation whereas Albinism is a specific term by definition that defines an animal that is devoid of all common pigmentation coloration. In the hierarchy of of the definitions, all Albinos are Amelanistic but not all Amelanistics are Albinos.
A question, you first said that you saw an ad for these, did you mean article instead of ad? If you saw an ad, that would imply that either this animal was for sale or it's offspring were. Just curious if they had any luck breeding it.
Thanks again for sharing, it was cool to see this hognose!
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RE: Albino Mexican Hognose - Photos! - Rextiles, Wed Feb 20 18:25:59 2013