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I would like to get a solid white snake or one with some markins. What is the difference between a albino, snow, ghost ? ? Which one is whiter?

Any albino will turn white where the pink is eventually, except albinos have pink eyes and they stay that way. In terms of a solid white snake get a blizzard cal king, the original white markings of a banded or striped cal king often look yellower than the white fill in that comes with age in the pink parts of the snake.

As far as I know albino technically refers to the lack of melanin, so there will be other colours present if the animal is lacking in melanin but has other colours in the skin/scales. In the case of cali kings, albinos are pink and white/pink and yellow with red eyes.

I'm not aware of albino kings turning white with age, while their colours can change slightly (usually fading), they usually don't go white. I have a 9 year old albino who is pale pink, but certainly not white.

Pure white snakes are generally referred to as leucistic - lacking ALL colour pigment - and can be bred with blue or red eyes. Again, in the case of calis, I believe you need to breed certain colour morphs to obtain this result, but you can buy them as snows/blizzards.