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Why is it that the albino trait seems to be the first morph of a snake to appear? Are they just as common (or uncommon as the case may be) as other naturally occurring morphs, just easier to find?

ep
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I could not give you a scientific answer, but I believe it is because they happen the most in nature. They must be a simple combo. Making melanin or lack of making it(albino) happens in every species. It is probably the easiest to find, single out
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Well, albino is a very obvious change from the normal. And the normal version of the albino gene seems to mutate pretty easily on its own. So they turn up every so often.

But albino is not necessarily the first morph to be found. Black eastern garters and striped California kings have been crawling around in the wild for nobody knows how long. A buddy of mine had a patternless (AKA green) Burmese python for several years before they found an albino Burm. And for what it's worth, at least one piebald ball python was captured in the wild back in the 1950s.

Paul Hollander

good to know, thanks.

ep
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