albino or lavender?

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Originally Posted by grcforce327

They are both albinos.

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Tell that to Justin Kobylka - http://www.jkobylkareptiles.com/snake_room.php?id=10. :cool:

I think that's just a regular albino. The "purple" you're seeing is not pigment in the scales but rather a translucence of the white scales allowing the pink flesh beneath to show through. As babies, they both look "yellow and white" but the lavender babies are brighter, more orangey, and have more "shimmer" to their color, all of which shows nicely in TessadasExotics's picture. Also, lavenders are less common and therefore more expensive than regular albinos, so as mentioned already, it's unlikely to wind up in a pet store with no history.

Very pretty albino baby, though!

here's a nice comparison shot of an Albino & Lavender side by side.

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z...psunpulvgg.jpg