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Scubadiver59
07-31-17, 05:12 PM
No, not an albino...

White snake with 'incredibly rare mutation' discovered in Australia (http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/white-snake-australia)
TRD
07-31-17, 05:15 PM
Lets call it a milk snake as to not confuse people
RAD House
07-31-17, 05:20 PM
Hmm, it seems to me luecistic snakes aren't all that uncommon.
http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb321/aboarder4life/Colubrids/Luna%201_zpsx2igsirv.jpg (http://s1200.photobucket.com/user/aboarder4life/media/Colubrids/Luna%201_zpsx2igsirv.jpg.html)
EL Ziggy
07-31-17, 05:58 PM
The Texas Leucistic Rat Snake has always been one of my favorite critters. I should have moved on one when I had the chance. I ended up getting an albino white sided bull snake to pair with my female albino.

https://www.google.com/search?q=texas+leucistic+rat+snake&client=tablet-android-samsung&prmd=isnv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiIhKLg27TVAhVMMz4KHeSdCrIQ_AUICSgB&biw=600&bih=1024
Scubadiver59
07-31-17, 07:12 PM
It has more in common with a Rat Snake than a Milk Snake

Lets call it a milk snake as to not confuse people
toddnbecka
08-01-17, 01:27 AM
Not particularly common for one to survive that long in the wild though.
dannybgoode
08-01-17, 01:56 AM
Lets call it a milk snake as to not confuse people

Reminds me of the Monty Python Bruce sketch.

Pretty snake though.
jjhill001
08-01-17, 09:27 AM
I love how everyone in the reptile community knows what leucistic means and it seems common knowledge but to everyone else in the world its some special thing. I really hate how silly the headline seems though.
Scubadiver59
08-01-17, 12:50 PM
Hey, don't shoot the middleman! :rolleyes:

I love how everyone in the reptile community knows what leucistic means and it seems common knowledge but to everyone else in the world its some special thing. I really hate how silly the headline seems though.
Doug 351
08-02-17, 06:26 PM
OH NO YOU DIDN'T!!!

Why WHITE snakes gotta be special?
Scubadiver59
08-02-17, 07:14 PM
Well, it might have to do something with standing out against everything not white, which is pretty much everything, and being a target for anything big enough to eat it. A white Sea Snake might get away with not being targeted from below on a sunny day, but from above...it's a sitting duck.

Also, I haven't seen many white snakes in the snow, where they'd be a little less conspicuous, but that's another story...


OH NO YOU DIDN'T!!!

Why WHITE snakes gotta be special?
Andy_G
08-03-17, 07:21 AM
"suffers" from a pigment mutation. Wow.
Cricket1234
08-03-17, 11:10 PM
That snake is almost as white as my tan line!