What was at first thought to be a myth, the albino has gone on to be accredited as the ball python morph that started the whole ball python revolution. Bob Clark proved this magnificent morph out in 1992 and the industry has never looked back.

Albinos come in many shades of yellow from pale to a high-contrast bright yellow to orange. There is some debate over whether high-contrast albinos go on to produce the same. My feeling is that many variables contribute to the outcome of offspring. The female who is often overlooked, plays a major roll. I have had several mixed clutches that produce some very high-contrast and some not so bright albinos. The same result can be seen when producing hets. Some hets can be dark and some can be light. The same reasoning applies to albinos themselves.

Still one of the most popular and sought for morphs today, the Albino lacks all black pigment making it a pure white and yellow snake. I can only speak about the ones I have produced, but their demeanor is extremely gentle and they are willing feeders and prolific breeders.

We mainly produce all our albinos as a result of Albino to het breedings. We have been fortunate enough to produce many Albinos by breeding possible hets and proving them out as actual hets. We bought our first possible hets in 2002 as adults and one of them produced eggs that year. She was still in Florida at Greg Graziani's facility where she was on breeding loan and being bred to his albino male. The resulting clutch had 7 good eggs of which the last 4 hatched produced 4 male albinos! Although not hatched in Canada, they were the first Canadian owned offspring. We were ecstatic! I remember opening my e-mail from Greg and seeing a baby albino nose sticking out of the egg. It was a very memorable moment and one of many more to come.

The Albino ball python ...a true treasure with everlasting appeal!

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