Quote Originally Posted by BUSHSNAKE View Post
i think all garter snows are albino melanistic crosses, look at the nebraska snow, looks similar to eastern snow. Melanistic eastern, anery plains, anery red sided are all the same morph....black with no yellow,orange or red pigment of any kind so call em what you want....melanistic,axanthic,anery all terms could apply
I agree the terms may apply but a nebraska snow or albino is not completely albino. They still retain the ability to produce pigments that Iowa albinos cannot. This is clearly seen. Amy has NO pigment whatsoever in the areas that would be dark on a normal. Nebraska's still have some pigment going on there and to me, would more properly be called hypomelanistic, not amelanistic. And all those morphs you mention are not the same thing even though they may look similar.

A iowa albino like my amy would only have to be axanthic as well, and she'd be a snow. In fact, she's het for axanthic albino (iowa snow) and "christmas" albino, AND nebraska albino as well! Some of her siblings and one of her parents were snows. Other siblings were nebraska's and christmas albinos! I bet I could breed her to a just axanthic male and have a pretty good chance of producing axanthics which are other than missing yellow, normal. She's het for at least 3 different recessive traits which is nice. Thanks again Don, for the great price for her. She has great morph breeding potential.