This lineage of albino Kenyan
sand boa was founded by Mark Bell. The original wild-caught
albino that founded this lineage was an Egyptian sand
boa. That animal was bred to Kenyan sand boa females,
and subsequent out-breeding has been with Kenyan sand
boas. The resulting lineage, though technically a hybrid
between the two subspecies, is indistinguishable from
pure Kenyan sand boas. A true Kenyan sand boa with this
type of albinism has never, to our knowledge been discovered
in the wild.
This type of albinism
is know as tyrosinase positive albino (T+), this mutation
has been proven inheritable in other species of snake
including the Caramel albino royal python, and in the
same way has been proven a simple recessive mutation
in this species. The characteristics of type of albinism
include, dark red pupils that can appear to be black
in some light conditions, and while unable to create
any melanin, T+ albinos do have some darker pigments
then those seen on T- (classic) albinos, and typical
of all snakes exhibiting this type of albinism the babies
of these T+ albinos are darker as newborns and they
become gradually paler as they mature.