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I was wondering what the difference is between "snow" and "albino" bull snakes. I've seen a few pictures of both (some in the classifieds) and they both have red eyes. Do the "snows" just have a reduced pattern? I apologize for such a "newbie" question.

Thanks for your time.
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1.1.0 Leopard Geckos (Booger, Gimp)
1.0.0 Veiled Chameleon (Lucutis)
0.0.1 Quince Monitor (Pollux)
1.2.0 Thayeri Kingsnakes (Korben, Leeloo, Artax)
2.2.0 California Kingsnakes (Beetlejuice, Kang, Maraca, Kodos)

NP
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Jared Douglas

Does that mean that all snows are automatically hets for albino and white sided?

No,I would interept it as meaning they are homozygous for both albino and whitesided.

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Lloyd Heilbrunn

Palm Beach Gardens, Fl.

Well, although technically, they are homo, not het, they are "het" in the sense that if you breed a snow to a WS you will get all WSs or if you breed a snow to an amel you will get all amels.
P&S Pituophis

LOL, isn't that like saying a homozygous normal is het for normal?
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Lloyd Heilbrunn

Palm Beach Gardens, Fl.

Thanks for the info, that makes sense. I haven't seen any pictures of an adult snow. Do they hold that white color, or do they get some yellow? A picture would be awesome if anyone has one on hand.

Thanks again!
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1.1.0 Leopard Geckos (Booger, Gimp)
1.0.0 Veiled Chameleon (Lucutis)
0.0.1 Quince Monitor (Pollux)
1.2.0 Thayeri Kingsnakes (Korben, Leeloo, Artax)
2.2.0 California Kingsnakes (Beetlejuice, Kang, Maraca, Kodos)

The few adults I have seen have had some red speckling and a little yellow speckling. They are not as uniformally white as say a blizzard corn.

I hope that Jason doesn't mind that I borrowed this pic from his site. He has a ton of great pics of the bull morphs he produces.

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Jared Douglas

Thanks so much!! You guys have been very helpful!
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1.1.0 Leopard Geckos (Booger, Gimp)
1.0.0 Veiled Chameleon (Lucutis)
0.0.1 Quince Monitor (Pollux)
1.2.0 Thayeri Kingsnakes (Korben, Leeloo, Artax)
2.2.0 California Kingsnakes (Beetlejuice, Kang, Maraca, Kodos)

Here is a picture of an adult snow. They tend to whiten up as they get bigger.

There is a lot of variation as in snow corns. SOme have quite a bit of pinbk, while others(like one of our females) have little or no pink, just yellow highlights.

P&S Pituophis