Purple Albino White Albino Reticulated Python
One animal carrying both genes. Each one is inherited separately, so this combination is made by bringing them together rather than being a gene of its own.
The two genes
- Purple Albino
- recessive
- No black pigment, with the remaining pattern in lavender and cream over white.
- White Albino
- recessive
- A separate albino line, holding far less colour and leaving a white and yellow animal.
How one is made
Both genes have to come together in the same animal. The pairing that does it most directly is Purple Albino × White Albino, which works out every outcome and its odds.
Worth knowing
Purple Albino. There are separate albino lines in this species. The Purple and White albinos are different genes: pairing one with the other produces no albino offspring at all, only normal-looking young carrying a copy of each. Establish which line an animal comes from before pairing it.
White Albino. Not compatible with the Purple albino — the two lines sit at different loci, so a pairing between them yields no albinos.