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These two will probably be my holdbacks for this year.
The mystery hypo:

...and this sweet high-white albino. Check out how the white overtakes the wide orange bands half way down the body.

I'd like to explore the genetics of mystery hypo and see what happens. The parents were both possible hets for hypo but this looks really light compared to others from this line.
As for the albino, I want to line breed and see just how much white I can get into one of these snakes. The father is a dark tangerine normal and the mother is a really dark (I'd say almost HYPERmelanistic) tangerine normal. So far her other babies look they will be dark like her.
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1.2.0 Hondurans Het Amel
1.1.0 Hondurans Anery, Het Hypo
0.1.0 Honduran Hypo
0.1.0 Honduran Hypo, Het Anery
0.2.0 Pueblans
1.0.0 Pueblan Hypo
0.1.0 Corn Bloodred
0.0.1 GBK Blair's Phase
1.0.0 California King
0.1.0 California King Blue-eyed Blond
0.0.1 Speckled King WC
1.1.0 Brooksi Hypo
0.0.1 Jungle Carpet
0.1.0 Ball, Normal
0.0.1 Sulcata
1.2.1 Leopard Geckos, various morphs
0.1.0 Wife, Caucasius Mexicana

I dig both of those!
I has a similar "white tail" hatch out here last month:

Third Eye

>>As for the albino, I want to line breed and see just how much white I can get into one of these snakes. The father is a dark tangerine normal and the mother is a really dark (I'd say almost HYPERmelanistic) tangerine normal. So far her other babies look they will be dark like her.

the amel's mother and father probably weren't as dark when they were young as they are now, though tricolors darken more than tangerines do. (this snake's pattern looks more like a tricolor than a tangerine, btw).

anyway, based on what you've said about the parents, it's likely that this amel baby, instead of getting dark tipping that increases with age, will get white tipping in the red areas. With age, that tipping might increase and "eat up" the coloration in those areas, leaving--as you had speculated--an even whiter snake than this one is now. It's an example of ontogenetic change, change over the course of an animal's life--my hair turning gray, or a snake turning darker--or whiter--as the case may be.

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Beautiful and a reminder that Hondurans still hold amazing potential.

Nice stuff there Mike!

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The first would DEFINITELY, not probably be a keeper for me!