Albinism Japanese Ratsnake
peer reviewedTYR
Offspring odds
No numbers for this one.
No inheritance mode has been recorded for Albinism, so no offspring odds are given. Guessing one would be worse than saying nothing: a breeder would plan a season on it.
What this rests on
A peer-reviewed paper identifies the variant behind this morph in the gene TYR.
- An albino mutant of the Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora) carries a nonsense mutation in the tyrosinase gene. — Genes Genet Syst 2018