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My "ALBINO? CORN"
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what is she?
When I bought her they said that she was an albino. What do you all think? Is she an albino? Do albino's have orange close to their bellies? Let me know.
When I bought her they said that she was an albino. What do you all think? Is she an albino? Do albino's have orange close to their bellies? Let me know.
well she would more accuratly called an amelanistic (lack of melanin (black pigment))
technically an albino is not an amel, an albino corn is a corn that lacks one pigment, so an amel is an albino, but so are anerystic(spelling?) because they lack red and orange pigment, just my two cents
btw beautifull snake you have there !
technically an albino is not an amel, an albino corn is a corn that lacks one pigment, so an amel is an albino, but so are anerystic(spelling?) because they lack red and orange pigment, just my two cents
btw beautifull snake you have there !
Menhir
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Perhaps I should add my 2 cents also...
In theory, an Albino animal has NO color pigments.
This means no black, no red and no yellow for cornsnakes. A morph that can fit this description is Blizzard.
The Amelanistic you have lacks the red pigment, so to call it Albino is theoretically wrong - but I think over the years, this became a known name for them and in most pet shops etc. they are called albino. Anerytristhic animals (lack of red pigment) are there often called Black Albinos (....a even dumber name...) and so on.
So, keep it correct and call her Amelanisic - a very nice Amel
In theory, an Albino animal has NO color pigments.
This means no black, no red and no yellow for cornsnakes. A morph that can fit this description is Blizzard.
The Amelanistic you have lacks the red pigment, so to call it Albino is theoretically wrong - but I think over the years, this became a known name for them and in most pet shops etc. they are called albino. Anerytristhic animals (lack of red pigment) are there often called Black Albinos (....a even dumber name...) and so on.
So, keep it correct and call her Amelanisic - a very nice Amel