Breeding question, hypo albino's

JPCAR7 · 10-01-15, 07:55 AM

What would if get by breeding 2 T Positive Albino snakes together? It's basically breeding a pair of hybino snakes. I'm confused on the albino part. Not really sure of what hypo albino means. Can somebody give me some help in this one?

**Aaron_S** · 10-01-15, 07:59 AM

If they are as you say, T+ albino then you'll get all babies that are T+. In your description there's no known "hypo" gene of the snakes.

Also, what species are we talking about here? Boas? Ball pythons? Corn snakes?

**Tsubaki** · 10-01-15, 09:32 AM

T+ are not Hybino, they're a different kind of Albino but they are not Hypo. Normal albino's do not have black pigment, T+ Albino's Do have the pigment but it does not show in the normal way. Some T+'s will start showing the pigment later on in life and become a brownish tint, some will stay white. Hypo is a different morph completely.

So basically, breeding 2 T+'s will give you: more T+'s. If you want to breed Sunglow T+ ('Hybino') you're also going need a snake with the Hypo gen.

I am planning to breed Sunglow T+ Nicaragua boa's myself, they are very pretty

JPCAR7 · 10-02-15, 05:39 AM

Thanks for your help, though I'm still a little confused. These are coastal plains milk snakes that I'm talking about and they don't look any different then then the hypo coastal plains I have already. They are adults that look normal other then the black which is now brown. That's why I don't understand where the albino comes into play. What's albino about them? if they don't look albino and if you don't get an albino by breeding 2 together then why do they even use the word albino?

**Tsubaki** · 10-02-15, 08:55 AM

T+ Albino doesn't filter out dark colors completely like regular albino does, and can still produce some melanin related colors. So they are albino, but in a different way. They could easily look like a hypo because hypo also reduces melanin.

**Aaron_S** · 10-02-15, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by JPCAR7

Thanks for your help, though I'm still a little confused. These are coastal plains milk snakes that I'm talking about and they don't look any different then then the hypo coastal plains I have already. They are adults that look normal other then the black which is now brown. That's why I don't understand where the albino comes into play. What's albino about them? if they don't look albino and if you don't get an albino by breeding 2 together then why do they even use the word albino?

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Originally Posted by Tsubaki

T+ Albino doesn't filter out dark colors completely like regular albino does, and can still produce some melanin related colors. So they are albino, but in a different way. They could easily look like a hypo because hypo also reduces melanin.

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Tsubaki is correct in how T+ albino works.

What I do know is that in some colubrid species there ARE "hybinos". Hypo Albinos. From my knowledge, you generally don't see the colour change until a few sheds go by and they start to change. In ball pythons it would be hypo caramel albinos or hypo ultramels.

Look similar to the base gene of ultramel or caramel albino but as they grow the hypo influence will increase the contrast and brightness of the colours.