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Component genes

AlbinoAxanthicAntarctic

The genetics

Albino

Recessive

Albino is a recessive, amelanistic mutation in which melanin is absent entirely. The normal blotched pattern stays visible but loses all black pigment, leaving red, orange, or yellow tones with red eyes.

Axanthic

Recessive

Axanthic is a recessive mutation that removes yellow (xanthin) pigment while leaving melanin intact. The result is a gray, black, and white snake that keeps its normal pattern and dark eyes but loses all warm coloration.

Antarctic

Incomplete Dominant

Antarctic is a newer incomplete-dominant trait — one copy is visually expressed, two copies produce a super form (Superantarctic). Crucially, Antarctic is ALLELIC to Arctic: they occupy the same gene location, so they do not stack like unrelated traits. A snake cannot independently carry both Superarctic and Superantarctic. One Arctic allele plus one Antarctic allele produces the 'Antarctic Arctic' compound — a distinct combined expression, not a simple stack. Plan Arctic/Antarctic pairings carefully.

What makes a Snow Antarctic

  • Two copies of Albino — recessive, so it only shows when paired up.
  • Two copies of Axanthic — recessive, so it only shows when paired up.
  • One copy of Antarctic — the single-gene Antarctic form (incomplete dominant, allelic with Arctic).

This describes the genetics of the animal itself — not the odds from a pairing. Outcome odds are the Genetics Calculator's job (coming soon).

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