albinos?????????????????????

[sarahbell]

anyone heard of albino coastal carpets if so what do they look like? :?

 

[metallicagear]

they would be white with red eyes I am thinking

 

[africancichlidau]

The only true albino python I have ever heard of was Sploff, (I think that was his name), the albino Olive. Some of his offspring were for sale through the Herp Trader at huge prices a few months ago. Never heard of Albino Coastals.

 

[popp]

Yeah africa you was close it was ''spliff'' albino olive,i have only heard of hypomelanistic/heterozygous gene in coastals but am still not sure as to wether they r real or not.What made you ask bout albino coastals did you see something or hear about it?in the states they have alot of coastal variations.

 

[dan_lizard]

I have also seen pictures of a Blackheaded python where the colours on the body were normal, but there was no black on its head. It was all white.

 

[lutzd]

Oh, well, that's all white then! :lol:

Bob W in Gosford has a beautiful albino BHP. It's head is almost all white, but has some black spots. Lovely critter!

 

[roadkill5000]

lutzd do you have a picture or know a way of getting one as i would love to see that animal.

 

[Stevethepom]

hey roadkill,

there is a picture of the albino in the species sorted album in the gallerys, it personally freaked me out a bit, wierd looking bugger it is :shock:

cheers
STP
Leader of the Love the Glove Party

 

[roadkill5000]

thanks stp

 

[roadkill5000]

i know what you mean it looks weird :shock:

 

[africancichlidau]

I know what ya mean gloves old boy, thats what I thought of Spliff, really freaky looking thing and I would not want to own one, (apart from the value side of it that is).

 

[Stevethepom]

lol i can now picture that albino snake browsing the net and coming across my picture in the gallery and going "ewwwwwwwww, damn thats freaky"

hehehehe

STP
Leader of the Love the Glove Party

 

[africancichlidau]

He'd be right too eh? Hehehe

 

[sarahbell]

someone i know said they ahve seen one but they didnt know if it was a carpet or not it was cream with yellow blotches

 

[Stevethepom]

ive seen heaps of pictures of albino boas and stuff....i guess its possible to mistake em for a carpet python, given the pattern and all

cheers
STP
Leader of the Love the Glove Party

 

[roadkill5000]

i didnt find spliff to be freaky looking i thought it looked rather cool although i couldnt afford one(not with my pocket money :lol: ) i would still like to own one.
sarah i think i have heard that same description for a blonde maccie or stimpsons was it a large snake :?:

 

[Nicole]

To see Bonde Macs (Cape York phase) check out my or Fangs' gallery.
They are a naturally occuring colour variation, but there is no 'albino' or hypo or anemelanistic (sp?) side to the difference in colour.

 

[popp]

I was under the impression that the bhp bob has isnt an albino but instead it carries the heterzygous or hypomelanistic gene.There is a difference but hopefully someone who fully understands & has read up on the differences between all the characteristics might be able to clear this up.

 

[hey_im_sam]

If this is the bhp in the gallery, it's what's called "amelanistic" i think. basically its a different level of lacking black pigment.

a true albino animal has no dark pigment whatsoever, hence the white/light body colours, and pink eyes. amelanistic is lacking a lot of pigment, hypomelanistic is lacking less... the animal may have fairly normal patterning just much lighter colours (see the young 'hypomelanistic' coastals that are around a little).

I'm also pretty sure that albinism is nearly always a recessive trait, if anyone has heard differently please correct me.
this means that a heterozygous animal would appear completely normal, but carry the gene for albinism. if mated to another heterozygous animal, the offspring (on paper) would be 25% normal, 50% heterozygous, and 25% albino. mating to an albino would produce 50% albino and 50% het.

i could go on for ages but will stop there hehe, not even sure if that really pertains to this post! but if anyone wants to know anything else, or if i need to clarify, please ask.

Also the only genetically proven trait i know of in coastals is called the "jaguar coastal", first bred in Norway - i know they've been talked about on these forums before! i've never heard of or seen an albino coastal..

 

[dan_lizard]

I have a half coastal half jungle, and he is beautiful enough....

But a half coastal half Jaguar..... Now we're talking!!!!!