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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.
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