I have not mentioned the terms phenotype or genotype & therefore, have not confused the terminology. I think it is you that is confusing the terminology. When using a Punnett Square, the phenotype is determined by the traits involved. For example, an animal can have numerous traits represented in the genotype of that animal. A wild type animal can carry the recessive genes to produce Albinos (aa), Leucistics (ll), Brindles (bb), & White-sideds (ww). The genotype of a quadruple Het. would look like this = AaLlBbWw. The lower case letter represents the recessive trait making that animal heterozygous for that particular trait. In recessive mutations, the upper case letter represents the wild-type colouration. The presence of both lower case letters for a particular trait will determine the phenotype of that animal because it is homozygous for that trait. For example, an Albino White-sided black Ratsnake is still an Albino & a White-sided and would be represented by this genotype = aaww. Other traits can and are operational on seperate alleles. An Albino White-sided could be Het. for Leucistic & Brindle & would be represented in this way = aaBbLlww. Therefore, an Albino Leucistic (aall) is still a Leucistic & an Albino in the same specimen.

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