I posted this in the appropriate forum but since this is my regular forum I thought I would share this with all you also.
Here is a photo of a little guy I caught outside of my house. I am Northern TN and we have quite a few of the normal versions of these running around near my house but this is the first time I have ever seen an albino (actually the first time I have seen any albino animal in the wild). I managed to catch it and now it is living comfortably in a terrarium. Sorry about the quality of the photo. I hope you like it. Todd
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Not a burm, but it is really cool
toddbecker
Jun 30, 2004 06:55 PM
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Justin Stricklin
Jun 30, 2004 08:27 PM
Now that is cool. I have never seen an albino skink. What species, 5 lined, broad head, do you usualy see around your area?
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Justin
toddbecker
Jun 30, 2004 08:50 PM
It is a 5 lined skink (Eumeces fasciatus). They are all around my house. This is the first albino I have seen however and feel incredibly fortunate to have caught it. I will try to give it a better life than it would have had in the wild since it is almost guarenteed to be eaten by something before it gets very old. Todd
Justin Stricklin
Jun 30, 2004 11:38 PM
I ahve never heard of an albino 5 lined. You should try to breed it. It might be worth something.
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Justin
Dixiesys
Jul 01, 2004 10:59 PM
That is extremely cool, if you could figure out the sex and pair it up with partners and even if you don't make any sales just releasing a bunch of albinos in your yard would be neat 
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Gary Harris - gary@mydixiesys.com
http://www.dixiesys.com/
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