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What bred to what gives you a Caramel Albino? I would guess Albino to something. Thanks... JAZ

The caramel albino is the T form of albinism. It is its own mutation (simple recessive). It is not a blend of other morphs.

You get this morph by breeding 2 caramel albinos or hets together.

Not to muddy the waters, caramel albino is it's own mutation, but has anyone ever bred it to regular albino? I suppose the assumption is that albino would cover over caramel albino and it would be a waste as a combination. Just to test a wild hunch I'm going to try to breed a 66% chance het caramel albino to a 50% chance het albino this winter but with those long odds it would be nice if someone could save me the trouble and answer if it's already been done.

Thanks!

From what ive heard these two different albinos are not genetically compatible and breeding them together would result in all normal babies that will be 100% double het for both albino strains.. Hope this helps,

Steve Winkler
RK HERPS

A few months ago I would have agreed with you without question and even now I suspect you are probably right. It's just that I came up with this wild theory that would explain a situation I heard about that albino and caramel might be two different allele mutations of the same gene. I really don't think it is all that likely to be the case but it would be nice if someone has proven it one way or the other. I'll give it a stab but with neither of my animals being for sure hets much less homozygous it's a little futile. Not to mention that so far my 66% het caramel male seems to either not be interested or able to reproduce.

I took this "explanation" from Mr. Ralph Davis's web site:ralphdavisreptiles.com
Great site for morph info. Great man to work with as well.

The Caramels are ( T positive )........and the regular yellow and white albinos are ( T-negative )........the "T" stands for "Tyrosinase"........Tyrosinase is the enzyme essential in synthesis of melanin ( darker pigments )..........so an Albino that is ( T-negative ) will only be yellow and white because it "lacks" tyrosinase.......and a Albino that is ( T-positive ) will still be albino.......but will have darker pigments because it's tyrosinase enzyme is functional.

Real simply put........a T-negative's enzyme is turned off...........and a T-positive's enzyme is turned on.........one can produce darker pigment.........and one can not...........so there you have it..........two different types of Albinos.