Regular albino vs high contrast albino

[exoticballs]

Does anyone here a pic of hatchling albinos, one being a high contrast and the other being a regular allbino side by side?

[sho220]

Is that snake in your avatar pic yours?

[exoticballs]

No. He's the dad. I hatchef out 1 albino out of four eggs. They havent went thru their first shed yet. But i wanted an idea what to look for

[exoticballs]

here she is right out of the egg.

[decensored]

High contrast albinos and regular albinos are one in the same. The base morph (normal in this case) is really the variation in the morph. It's the same argument with mojaves v.s. brian gundy's gold line mojaves. I don't care what people get credit for but if you breed an albino to a high contrast albino you get an albino. It's the same line - just bred for contrast.

If you look at the WOBP http://www.worldofballpythons.com/morphs/albino/ - and go to picture 6, i would consider the example on the left to be high contrast and the one on the right to be average.

[exoticballs]

High contrast albinos and regular albinos are one in the same. The base morph (normal in this case) is really the variation in the morph. It's the same argument with mojaves v.s. brian gundy's gold line mojaves. I don't care what people get credit for but if you breed an albino to a high contrast albino you get an albino. It's the same line - just bred for contrast.

If you look at the WOBP http://www.worldofballpythons.com/morphs/albino/ - and go to picture 6, i would consider the example on the left to be high contrast and the one on the right to be average.

Oh ok i see what u mean. Im just wondering because i know the price is a bit different.

[decensored]

Higher contrast has historically brought a higher price point because a lot of people consider them better examples of the morph. Just like people are more likely to pay more for a higher white calico than a lower white calico. I just find the market saturated with pseudomorphs it's a bit redundant.

[OhhWatALoser]

Also don't be fooled by "het high contrast albino". It is pretty reasonable to assume the high contrast part comes from other genes that compliment the albino, not the albino gene itself. Meet a few people who were disappointed from buying high contrast hets. If you want a high contrast albino, just buy one and save yourself some heartache later.

[Ladybugzcrunch]

My high contrast tiger albino girl at about 300 grams. She is orange and white. High contrast is line breeding or selective breeding for dark long lasting coloration in the albino. If I were to breed this high contrast to a normal albino, her babies would not be as vibrant as her.

[MarkS]

Agree with what everyone else says, 'high contrast' is marketing. There are some albinos that look brighter as adults but that's not so much a simple genetic trait as it is selective breeding. One problem is that albinos all look pretty much 'high contrast' as hatchlings. A real high contrast albino is just one that doesn't fade as much as it ages.