a paradox is a snake that is a color morph of some kind, such as albino, or leucistic, or a pastel, that for some reason has patches of totally normal looking, or sometimes black coloration. It's really weird, and seems to be totally unpredictable. Even though the trait is not breedable, paradox's sell for a lot more money than regular morphs. Some speculate that your chances of producing a paradox could be increased if your snake is the offspring of or related to a paradox, and that is behind the high-pricing as well.

here are some pics from Daytona of paradox animals...

The breeder had this snake labeled "calico" checkered garter, but their term is misleading, and wrong.... calico is a breedable genetic trait, this is just an albino gone wrong, like all paradox's!