Walked in and found 8 Albino's, 2 het's and this beautiful Calico Eastern.
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New Eastern Diamondback Morph
dmontgo1
Aug 13, 2011 02:47 PM
Replies (4)
DanW
Aug 14, 2011 06:23 AM
That actually looks like what is known as a Paradox albino EDB. Paradox albinos are albinos that display black coloration in various amounts. Why this happens is not known completely. Very nice looking animal. Congrats.
Dan
William_M
Aug 16, 2011 02:33 PM
Yes as Dan said that appears to be what is known as a "paradox" Albino.
dmontgo1
Aug 16, 2011 10:14 PM
Thanks guys, has anyone been able to prove out this trait in any other snake species that you know of, i.e. ball's or boa's? Would love to try to reproduce it if possible.
Thanks,
Doug
RyanT
Aug 19, 2011 04:28 PM
It's just random.
Not genetic, just genes going weird things, the way they tend to do.
