Albino Question

[brooklynboy521]

OK, I was looking into buying a beauty snake and I want to get an albino. The two types I see are T+ and T-. Can anyone explain the difference and possibly include pictures? Is T+ also called caramel albino and T- is just regular albino?

 

[Boostedneon04]

Caramel albino^^^ is an xanthic albino aka the T+

normal albino aka the T- albino amelanistic

 

[Wiggles92]

OK, I was looking into buying a beauty snake and I want to get an albino. The two types I see are T+ and T-. Can anyone explain the difference and possibly include pictures? Is T+ also called caramel albino and T- is just regular albino?

Here's an ad for a T+ albino, and here's an ad for a T- albino; both ads have at least one picture.

"T+" stands for "tyrosinase positive" while "T-" stands for "tyrosinase negative." A T+ albino animal can create tyrosinase while a T- albino animal can't create tyrosinase; tyrosinase is involved in the synthesis of melanin, by the way.