albino coluber constrictor

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Posted by dg on February 25, 2000 at 01:51:17:

In Reply to: Re: You guys definitly know more about this stuff than I do....More posted by Mike H on February 25, 2000 at 00:33:48:

I may be corrected by all of the pseudo-herpetologists gloming on to this thread but from my initial viewing it sure looks like a Racer to me. Count your ventrals etc. but its not a Texas Rat nor does it appear to be any form of Corn. Bill

: I'd have to agree, Bill. My first (and so far only) thought is "racer". I'm no expert and my experience is limited so my opinion doesn't carry much weight.
: I wonder though, how many albino or leucistic racers are currently being kept? Is this possibly the only known living one?

FYI, albino racers are heavily suffused with red blotching/speckling, so it is doubtful that this specimen is a racer. If you have never seen an albino c. constrictor, then please refer to H.B. Bechtel's book, "Reptile and Amphibian Variants", page 118. If the specimen in question turns out to be a racer, then it would have to be both leucistic and albinistic.... very unlikely but not impossible.
By the way, how does one achieve the status of "psuedo herpetologist"?

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: I may be corrected by all of the pseudo-herpetologists gloming on to this thread but from my initial viewing it sure looks like a Racer to me. Count your ventrals etc. but its not a Texas Rat nor does it appear to be any form of Corn. Bill : : I'd have to agree, Bill. My first (and so far only) thought is "racer". I'm no expert and my experience is limited so my opinion doesn't carry much weight. : : I wonder though, how many albino or leucistic racers are currently being kept? Is this possibly the only known living one? : FYI, albino racers are heavily suffused with red blotching/speckling, so it is doubtful that this specimen is a racer. If you have never seen an albino c. constrictor, then please refer to H.B. Bechtel's book, "Reptile and Amphibian Variants", page 118. If the specimen in question turns out to be a racer, then it would have to be both leucistic and albinistic.... very unlikely but not impossible. : By the way, how does one achieve the status of "psuedo herpetologist"?

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