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Does any one know if there has ever been an Albino Brown Snake? How much would an adult Albino Brown Snake be worth?

There was an albino brown snake found last year.

None found were ever sold though, so there is no price range for how much one would be worth.
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Mike
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Ok.

I got an albino brown snake from a pet shop for free because he could not get it to eat and some one had caught it and given it to him.
I got the snake set up in a cage yesterday when I got it, but some how it got out lastnight (I think the holes on the top are to big)! I have looked all over for it in the house but can not find it.
I was woundering if I just lost a snake worth a good bit of mony or if I just lost a common snake.

Does any one have any ideas about how to find a snake that small?

Well it's definitely not common to the least bit...

Good luck on finding it.
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Mike
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this species is often active at night. if you're going to find it wandering across the middle of the floor then night is the time to look. other than that I'd say look under things but i'm sure you've flipped over a good portion of your furnature already

hmmmm, I'm sure albinos do occur although I've never seen or dealt with one of that species. I did end up with a melanistic brown for a while though. in my area there were three things which proved solid for identifying the little bugger

17 scale rows at midbody
keeled scales
divided anal plate

those three things ruled out all similar species where I live though there may be more for you...

value? beats me...

albino brown? DeKay's?.......

maybe the pet shop had an albino African brown house snake??? alot more common........and pet shops don't usually get rare snakes......and finding one is like 1 of at least 30,000 ? (I used albino robins' ratio...LOL)

........people get things wrong alot.......

was it orange even???..........
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I've seen a few over the years. The last one was a a show 4 years ago - it was a baby and the owner wanted $35 for it (I didn't buy it). I believe there's been at least one advertised in the kingsnake classifieds. As far as value - not much. At most $100, but I somewhat doubt that, as the snake market seems very sluggish these days and brown snakes aren't widely captive-bred and kept as pets compared to other "common" snakes like garters.

Tim