what is this? real or fake?

I randomly came upon this while searching google to explain some morphs to my friend. i was shocked bacause i comb through these forums everyday almost religiously and have never seen this coloration. im guessing its fake. or am i wrong?

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...om20ophios.jpg


by the way apologies and credit to the owner of the animal

paradox albino?

Paradox albino. And dotn be surprised when the pic gets replaced with a link instead.

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Originally Posted by pavlovk1025

Paradox albino. And dotn be surprised when the pic gets replaced with a link instead.

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yea i know. i figured. i just had to get an answer. had i knew the appropriate owner i would asked his permission. wierd snake tho

I've seen that snake before, but can't remember where... it's a paradox albino, and possibly a het pied (or something else?) if I remember correctly. WAY cool!!! :gj:

Here ya go: http://www.ralphdavisreptiles.com/co...all_python.asp (not the same snake, but same variation apparently)

And I believe this is where you found the picture above: http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/snake...ow-corn-2.html - There was another forum with the picture, but it was in Indonesian. :oops:

Finally, here's another one from ProExotics: http://www.proexotics.com/pics_feb_0...ox%202_jpg.jpg HOT!! :bow:

One of these days I hope to produce a paradox albino. I think they are soooo cool.

Ya I think these morphs are the most unattractive.

Check out mcserpenti omn youtube. It's in some of his first videos. I believe it's the same one.

Where did you get that picture? I remember someone sending me something similar a few months ago, looked like that but turned out to be only a "Het"!

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Originally Posted by nicktreb

paradox albino?

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yup.

I'm going to guess on this one and say I think that snake belongs to Eric Sandoval.

that is a very extreme paradox albino. I like it though.

The Paradox phenomenon doesn't occur only with albinos--it's also seen in co-dominants (paradox blue-eyed leucistics, paradox mojave, etc).

As you can see, the snake looks like an albino and a het albino were merged together.

And that is probably EXACTLY what has happened. In the egg, when fraternal twin embryos were just forming, they stuck together, and began growing into one single snake, instead of two.

The resulting single animal is called a chimera. It contains two genetic codes--one for an albino, and one for a het albino, arranged in a rather random mosaic pattern. It's a coin toss as to whether the reproductive organs will be from the albino, or from the het--or even normal, if the animal resulted from a het to het breeding!

This is why the paradox trait is not, and never can be, genetically reproduceable. It's actually just two snakes in one!

Chimerism can even occur in humans. Some poor woman was shocked and baffled when DNA tests showed that she was NOT the mother of her own children--her 'sister' was!

The paradox albino in the first post originally belonged to Eugene Bessette of Ophiological Services.

Here are some pics of my paradox albino male... He's one of my favorites!
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k4...oxAlbino-1.jpg

A washed out one, but I like it anyway...
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k4...1/96da3096.jpg

There are some pics of my paradox caramel in the thread "New Lesser female and an old pic"

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Originally Posted by Izzys Keeper

I randomly came upon this while searching google to explain some morphs to my friend. i was shocked bacause i comb through these forums everyday almost religiously and have never seen this coloration. im guessing its fake. or am i wrong?

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...om20ophios.jpg


It's beautiful :O:D


by the way apologies and credit to the owner of the animal

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It's beautiful :O:D