Please explain the Xmas Albinos to me!

[Jeff B]

wow! what a way to start my day! I dont even know what day it is anymore.. I think i see little birdies above my head lol.

But i think I get it!

Can I be a jerk and try to relate them to Ball Pythons??? to help my brain... let say there is albino AND a "high contrast albino" (which there is). Now when those two breed together they will produce albinos and some high contrast albino. Which means it is a strain or form of that albino. Compatible but not an actual second gene in play. Just a breed in "color phase" of the origional albino... most likley through selective breeding OR a "special" looking animal breed into the origional albino..?????????

please forgive me for relating to ball pythons..

Yep! you got it

[Charis]

Thanks for explaining the Xmas part! I'd wondered about it too. I have another question, though. Are there 3 strains of albino? The Schuett? (sp?) Or is that something else?

[Atlas511]

Yep! you got it

Really?!?! not bad for a new guy huh?

Thanks for explaining the Xmas part! I'd wondered about it too. I have another question, though. Are there 3 strains of albino? The Schuett? (sp?) Or is that something else?

Im new but T.Radix has 2. Iowa and Nebraska strain. Iowa is compatible it the Illinois collected albinos... Schuett albino is in Eastern Garters.

[Jeff B]

to my knowledge there are the 2 proven different (incompatible) T.radix albinos:
1)iowa
2)nebraska
also Steve had a wild caught with orange and my wild caught this year both not yet tested for compatibilty to detirmine if different gene that the current well established strains. Also Scott said someone found another in Nebraska recently

There is also the T.sirtalis sirtalis, currently 4 albinos that I am aware of
1)Shuett
2)Bluegrass
the Sheutt and bluegrass have been proven to not be compatible
3)Florida albino
4)Midwest albino
The New York paradox albino has yet to be reproduced
The last two (florida and midwest) have not been tested for compatibilty with the others to my knowledge.
There have been others before, the New York paradox albino has yet to be reproduced and others have come and gone

There is also the 2 red-sided albino strains T. sirtalis parietalis
1) the kansas strain
2) the Iowa strain
Not sure but I don't think they have been tested for compatibility either.

There is also the albino checkered. T. marcianus

There may be more out there that I am unaware of, and certainly some other have been found but didn't make their way into the hobby market.

If I'm missing any someone please chime in

[Charis]

Okay, that makes sense. Different strains in different species, right? I just see ads sometimes that list all those albinos together & they weren't clear that it was different species. Probably because most people looking for them would already know what they meant.

[Atlas511]

Thanks Jeff! im learing alot!

[infernalis]

Kudos to Jeff...