what is this? real or fake?

[Ginevive]

paradox albino?

yup.

[ANCPYTHONS]

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

[Ladydragon]

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

[WingedWolfPsion]

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!

[ViperGS1]

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!


A washed out one, but I like it anyway...


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

[americangypsy]

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?




It's beautiful


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

It's beautiful