Re: Greg's right

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: Lighting plays a little in the coloration of the Tremper albinos, but not a lot. Tremper albinos have been tested and proven to be a type of albinism called tyrosine positive (T+). T+ albinos produce subtle amounts of melanin. Albinism, itself, is caused by a defect in the enzyme tyrosinase, which is responsible for the formation of the amino acid tyrosine. in T+ albinos the enzyme isn't wholely defective, resulting in minute to large amounts of melanin being produced. Basically, Tremper albinos will brown no matter what, just some are very light or some are very dark. : Below are photos of my albinos. The first is of my female Tremper albino that was purchased from Ron back in 99. This first pic is actually 2 pics combined. The top pic is her the day I got her at 5 months old and the bottom pic is her at 1 year of age, she was born 5/2/99. The next pic is of my male purchased from Albey Scholl. The final pic is my female from Tremper and my male Rainwater albino from Kevin Hanley. In the last pic, both geckos are over 42 grams. I believe the Rainwater albino (left gecko!) is at 44 and the Tremper is at 48. : <center><img src="http://wsphotofews.excite.com/012/vb/kK/ew/ZY33005.jpg"></center> : <hr> : <center><img src="http://wsphotofews.excite.com/026/Tw/nm/M0/mM22113.jpg"></center> : <hr> : <center><img src="http://wsphotofews.excite.com/007/3s/Ml/Ki/ju63898.jpg"></center> : <hr> : I, personally, like my albinos to be fully lacking melanin, or PINK! : Chris : <a HREF="http://webpages.charter.net/geckos">White Sands Reptiles</a>

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