How are Albinos created?

[Whistly]

Thanks Tony is it possible to have a half albino by breeding a normal and an albino?

[Mushrooms]

If you bred a normal and Albino you'd likely end up with normal or Albino. Albinos completely lack Melanin which is resposnible for red/brown tones in hair/skin/eye eye's - hence why albino animals have pink eyes. The closest you would get to half Albino is Leucistic. Leucistic Animals have a reduction in all pigments - not only Melanin and usually will be pale in body color but still posess normal coloured eyes and patches or normal skin/fur/feather I've seen Leucistic Snakes and lizards and are beautiful with their really white/pink skin and dark eyes - never seen a Leucistic frog though.

[tgampper]

Check out the albino reticulated pattern of African clawed frog (ACF). It is an albino with black eyes. Very cool

[Tony]

Thanks Tony is it possible to have a half albino by breeding a normal and an albino?

Generally no. Albinism is usually caused by a recessive gene, meaning that the frog must carry two copies of the gene for the trait to be displayed. Breeding a normal to an albino will give you normals that carry a single copy of the gene (heterozygous). Breeding the heterozygous frogs with each other and/or back to the albino parent will then produce some albinos among their offspring (roughly 25% of the clutch for het to het breeding, and 50% for het to visual).

[Whistly]

Leucistic snakes look amazing I love the contrast of their dark eyes against the pale skin.
Reticulated ACFs look very strange compared to a normal ACF, but still amzing.

Thanks for your replies.