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hi, do you know what the differents is between an taeniura taeniura albino T- and a taeniura moquardi albino?

This is my impression and understanding from what I have read and from talking with some breeders that have been into this a very long time.
Whether we are talking about taeniura taeniura or taeniura mocquardi, a T positive taeniura would be one that would appear light lavender where the snake usually was very dark or black which means it still has melanin in it's skin. A T negative taeniura would be white where it was usually black which means it has no melanin there.
My opinion is that my mocquardi albinos are T positive because as you can see in this picture it is light lavender where it would usually be black. Hope this helped.
Later, Randy Whittington

Here is a 2003 female that you can see the lavender color better on. I have noticed that as they age and grow (mocquards atleast) the lavender gets lighter. I dont know why?
You can look at many other albino snake species and you will notice this white or lavender color where very dark or black color would usually be on regular or non albino snakes. Randy

thanks for your reply,
i my self have also the albino T taeniura and
in about 6 months I also get the albino T- taeniura.
When everything is good I even become a Anerythristc one.
you have nice snakes. do you have a site?
you can look at mine: www.taeniura.nl
I have used some picures of you if you don't mind.
if you want you can send more picures for on my site.
greetings,
mark
good luck with the taeniura's.

I hope this will help you
www.vpi.com/TposBoas/TposBoasPages/AlbinoInfoTextPage.htm
ciao
nazzza