What is usually referred to as an albino corn is amelanistic (without melanin) and shows only red and yellow colors. The gene for amelanism is recessive, so snakes that have two copies of that gene instead of the normal will have no black pigment. This is one example of what they can look like, but there is lots of variation;
To get snows or blizzards, an animal must be both amelanistic and have two copies of a gene that reduces the red pigment. There are two different genes that reduce red (anerythristic type A and anery type B). When amelanism is present with two copies of anery type A it produces a snow corn - mostly ivory or white with pinkish saddles like this:
When amelanism is present with two copies of anery type B, it produces a blizzard corn - more white, faint yellow on chin and saddles and darker red eyes - like this:
While amelanism elminates black pigment, there are also genes for hypomelanism that reduce the darkness of the melanin, without elmiinating it. When a snake has double copies of the recessive genes for anery type A and hypomelanism it is a ghost. I don't have one that I can post a photo of but they are light grey with greyish saddles, and variable tinges of pink and yellow - very pretty snakes - hope someone else will post a photo for you.
Sorry for including the genetics, but I wasn't sure if you just wanted to know what they looked like or wanted more info. There is even more confusion lately with more than one type of hypo gene and there are just so many color combinations in corns - one of their great appeals. Hope this helped,
mary v.
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