Things that can be hard to know:

[Matt K]

Such as:

"When is an albino not an albino?"

Ok...... go!

 

[thegeckoguy23]

never if its a albino it cant not be a albino idk maybe something like a het albino

 

[boywonder]

Such as:

"When is an albino not an albino?"

Ok...... go!

when its a bell enigma

 

[paulh]

When it looks like an albino but mating it to an albino produces normal looking babies.

In mice, an albino has pink eyes and white fur. Mice with two copies of the mutant gene that has been formally named 'albino' have pink eyes and white fur.

However, there are combinations of mutant genes that can produce pinkeyes and white fur. Pinkeyed dilute and recessive yellow are one such combination, if I recall correctly.

Mating this mouse to an albino produces normal looking babies.

 

[robin]

in short an albino lacks melanin (i am not going to get in T+ albinos and T- because that makes it harder to understand)

 

[Matt K]

Interesting. There are a few ways it seems to make a leopard gecko that looks like or similar to an albino and then its not. I am going to try to get a photo of one that I have that was sold as "albino", but the babies of that female are all sorts of crazy. Hopefully a few more will be hatching in the days to come and see.

 

[Matt K]

Such as:

"When is an albino not an albino?"

Ok...... go!

Here is a photo of her. She lays eggs like a machine, and has only been bred with a Red Stripe Emerine of high quality. So far her offspring have hatched out as two morphs: one egg hatches as a Red Stripe Emerine and the other Like it will be a Blizzard or Super Snow (will know better in 6 months). I bought her as a very small gecko sold as 'Bell albino', but....

 

[Tony C]

Looks like a bell to me.

 

[BethanyB]

Seconded, she looks like a Bell to me as well, most likely a Hybino Bell.

 

[Matt K]

The reason I have to wonder about what she is, is that I have not seen any Bell's that have no markings on the body and those rings in the yellow field instead. Maybe I have not looked around enough (which is sometimes the case- I don't stay on the computer very long) but at reptile shows I have not seen one like her. I have two others that are banded head to tail or have a bold stripe with markings on either side. And 50% of her offspring are starkly black and white, the other half looks like the father.

So, the vote is ..... ?? Bell ? Bell Hybino?

 

[Tony C]

And 50% of her offspring are starkly black and white, the other half looks like the father.

If the offspring are black and white she must be a Snow Bell, most likely Mack Snow.

 

[Matt K]

Thanks Tony! When you say Mack Snow, do you meant that exactly or is the term "Mack Snow Bell"? or is there no other Mack Snow?

 

[cassadaga]

Do you have any other pictures of her? Maybe one with a better view of the eye? I'm not 100% convinced that's a Bell, it sort of looks like a dark Tremper.

 

[eyelids]

Mack Snow Hypo Bell... No doubt even before you said she made black and white babies...

 

[Tony C]

Thanks Tony! When you say Mack Snow, do you meant that exactly or is the term "Mack Snow Bell"? or is there no other Mack Snow?

Mack Snow and Bell (Bell Albino) are two different genes.The Mack Snow gene can be combined with any of the three albino strains (or any other trait).