Axanthic and Snow???

[Tom Barnhart]

4 years ago I produced a silver 66% het albino female from a het albino x het albino (the male was 50% het VPI axanthic as well as pos het for Joliff axanthic). She browned out pretty good after her first shed and then just looked like a nice light colored normal. I held her back and bred her this year to a male albino I produced 2 years ago from the same het albino parents as her.

Well I hatched out another silver het albino but this one was much more silver than the mother was as a hatchling. I also produced this very light, almost entirely white albino. Well I figured after the first shed both the silver axanthic looking hatchling would brown out and the white albino would develop significantly more yellow coloring.

Well, this is what the two of them look like after their first shed and needless to say I'm confused as to why they didn't brown/yellow out more. I know there are lots of these silver looking albino hets hatching out now as well as snow looking albinos that end up looking normal after their first shed.

The other three hatchlings of the clutch are brown and black hets.

Anyone have any idea's?

Thanks,
Tom

[Turbo Serpent]

Looks like Axanthic and Snow to me.

[Fallguy]

Good odds! I love the Snow, and I hope to hatch a few out in a couple of years.

[Danounet]

I dont know about the snow, but I have a yearling VPI axanthic and he looks pretty similar to that, but mine has thicker pattern.

[NorthernRegius]

I dont know about the snow, but I have a yearling VPI axanthic and he looks pretty similar to that, but mine has thicker pattern.

Def. Axanthic, but I think you've got a very FADED Albino there... more pattern is showing than what I'd expect from a snow- still majorly cool!

[briz]

Tom, here are some pics for you to compare. This is my VPI snow that I hatched this year. One fresh out of the egg and one after first shed. I had questions of it being a snow or faded albino after it's shed but it was verified by Ralph as a snow. They should lose the yellow as they grow and mine already seems to be losing it. Hope the pics help you out some. Now you have to figure out if it is VPI or Joliff. Green was a bad back ground choice here as he is whiter than the pic.

[Danounet]

About the Albino

Faded Albino on NERDs site, Just like yours.
http://www.newenglandreptile.com/ner...ed-albino.html

Also under NERD, the Faded Albino Spider. NERD also says under this link that faded albino are the product of snow projects. I just learned something new my self!
http://www.newenglandreptile.com/ner...no-spider.html

[AaronP]

I don't think it's a snow, my bet would be it will "darken" up in a couple of sheds, GORGEOUS faded though!

[Tom Barnhart]

Thanks everyone! I'll probably end up keeping both and seeing if I can figure anything out down the road. This kinda stuff keeps is always fun to mess around with.

Thanks,
Tom

[AaronP]

Thanks everyone! I'll probably end up keeping both and seeing if I can figure anything out down the road. This kinda stuff keeps is always fun to mess around with.

Thanks,
Tom

Well I forgot that you mentioned that it may be a Jolliff, and in that case it may very well be a snow, if it doesn't darken up in a month or two then you likely have a snow.