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Lavender albino? The yellow is just brilliant in person.

That's an amel albino (aka Pink Eyed albino).
And yes - the yellow on them contrasted with the white (with hint of lavender) is just stunning.

Here's a lavender albino -

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3.6 L. getula californiae (Cal. King)
1.1 L. getula nigrita (MBK)
1.0 Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Corn)
1.0 Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi (Valley Garter)
1.0 Boa constrictor constrictor (suriname, fostering/rescue)
3.3 Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata (Cal. Alligator Lizard)

You know, those were pretty common years ago but somehow with all the "new" morphs, they're harder to find these days.
I am looking for a pair just like that.
Great.
:Mark
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Surrender Dorothy!

www.crimsonking.funtigo.com

That is one thing I have noticed lately, the lack of albino cal kings out there. Back in the mid nineties, when I would breed and hatch some albino cal kings out, it was the coolest thing to watch them hatch out of the egg, as these would have many abberant patterns.

I guess the newer morphs that have big demands pushed the demands of regular albinos out the door?
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Genesis 1:1

amel albinos are now no more profitable to breed than normals.
There is a cool two-headed one in Israel.

Anyway - if I remember from what FR said, the original was striped - and the banded came from breeding with the striped line, so that probably explains why some of the early ones hatched out aberrants.

My banded amel bred with a WC normal banded last year and banded (normal het) popped out. But it has been many moons and no doubt many generations since the banded were first produced.

I think on the Applegate site he mentions that other albinos were found that were not compatible, I don't know if he was talking lavender albino or if there was another T neg strain at one point.
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3.6 L. getula californiae (Cal. King)
1.1 L. getula nigrita (MBK)
1.0 Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Corn)
1.0 Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi (Valley Garter)
1.0 Boa constrictor constrictor (suriname, fostering/rescue)
3.3 Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata (Cal. Alligator Lizard)

Yeah, it is really a trip sometimes on how the genes work.

For instance, one year, I bred a female abberant striped coastal phase het for albino cal king to a breeder friend's male banded cal king that was het for albino also. I had more than half albinos in the clutch.

A few years later, I bred that same female to a different male banded het for albino cal king and produced only one albino.

I really like albino cal kings. Maybe I should get another one.
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Genesis 1:1

It's funny how when something becomes common place it loses its appeal. Cal kings were the first kings I ever owned. A nice Cal is a pretty awesome looking king yet I haven't owned one, until now, for at least 5 years.

I agree!

I love the standard, banded, black and white or chocolate brown and white/cream cal kings personally. To me, just as awesome as any morph out there.
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Genesis 1:1

awesome looking!!!

The eyes on that snake look almost normal colored from that angle....

Are the eyes in fact pink/red??

I've seen amel. Black rat snakes with normal colored eyes, this snake reminds me of one..

Very nice looking king.

byron.d

It looked to me like the eyes are going into blue, which would be why they aren't pink.
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3.6 L. getula californiae (Cal. King)
1.1 L. getula nigrita (MBK)
1.0 Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Corn)
1.0 Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi (Valley Garter)
1.0 Boa constrictor constrictor (suriname, fostering/rescue)
3.3 Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata (Cal. Alligator Lizard)

the eyes are kind of blueish. He is not in blue at all. That's why I inquired in the first place. Pretty cool, I must say.

That's why I inquired. The eyes are rather dark for an albino, or at least that's what I was thinking. At first glance they appear similar to the eyes of my leucistic rats, somewhere in between blue and red.

you do have something special there. That makes an already good looking snake even better!!

I dont know what causes that or how it can be proven out but it does look really awesome!

Like I stated before, I've seen it in a hand-full of Black Rats but never in a King.

Best.
byron.d

How long have you had it?

When I first bought mine, she had interesting eyes - she was in blue but the blue was different than when normals are in blue. She shed and then had the typical pink eyes. But anyway - the lack of pigment in their eyes makes the eyes go blue differently.
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3.6 L. getula californiae - 5 eggs (Cal. King)
1.1 L. getula nigrita (MBK)
1.0 Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Corn)
1.0 Boa constrictor constrictor (suriname, fostering/rescue)
3.3 Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata (Cal. Alligator Lizard)