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Hey guys, I am on a quest for information and we are going back many years….so this is just a shot in the dark. I need some information on an albino Eastern Diamondback. There have been so few collected from the wild, I am hoping someone can recall some details.

This snake was collected from the wild in FL, so we think, in the late 1980’s. It was exported to Germany to a private collector who paid an outrageous amount for it. The snake was male and a sub-adult.

The German who bought the snake, only got one litter from him. They were born in 1998. The albino died shortly after that. There are only two snakes left in the world carrying that strain of the albino gene. One is still in Germany and a friend in Germany sent me the other one last week. I would love to be able to breed him back to females form his original area, but where it was found has been lost with time and the death of the owner.

Does anyone recall anything about an albino caught in the last 80’s and sent to Germany? There was only a hand full of people exporting rattlesnakes back then, so it would have had to have ran thru Glade’s, Crutchfeild, or someone in business. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Chuck Hurd Serpentology

Chuck, there was a post on Feb 2 from Tom Crutchfield where he mentioned having four wild caught albino EDB. Won't necessarily know, but a good starting point.
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Thank you to everyone that helped out.

Here is what my research turned up.

There was an albino about feet long found in Lake City, FL in the late 1980’s. It was sent to Germany as part of a huge shipment of other snakes. So, as best we can tell, this had to be the father to my snake.

What I need now are some young female from around that area that we can verify have not been bred. Since he is a het, we can’t use wild caught females as they could be retaining sperm from a normal male.

If anyone knows of breeding size female EDB’s from around Lake City that were CB or LTC and have not been with another male, please check with me.