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I'm aware that there are two triad coloration schemes for albino Nelsoni, one with a white band in the middle, and a yellow one on each of the white band's sides, and the opposite configuration. They're both attractive, so I really don't even have a preference...

I was wondering if there is a way to predict the adult's phenotype, and also if each of the coloration patterns tends to show up 50% of the time or not.

Thanks!

Dan

I have been breeding Albino Nelsons for quite a few years and in my experience it makes no difference on the adults as to how the hatchlings turn out. I have high yellow adults, high white adults, bullseye pattern, red-tailed adults, pin banned adults etc. and I get mixes in every clutch. The only one that seems to breed truer is when I breed the pin bands, all the hatchling have pin banned patterns to some degree. Hopefully this year I will getting closer to albino patternless....Joe

>>I'm aware that there are two triad coloration schemes for albino Nelsoni, one with a white band in the middle, and a yellow one on each of the white band's sides, and the opposite configuration.

I'm wondering if the variants might be more accurately described as both having the cream-colored middle ring, but on one type the broad (would-be-black) rings are white, and on the other they're bright yellow (the color intensity increasing over time).

That seems consistent with the photos posted, and it's the way i remember, at least, mine.