Where albino pythons can’t produce melanin (the darkening pigment), axanthic pythons can’t produce xanthophores. Xanthophores produce red and yellow pigments, often resulting in a snake can be black ...

Similar to the Albino morph, the Axanthic ball python is caused by a genetic mutation that leads to a lack of pigment. Whereas Albinos lack black and brown colors, axanthic coloration comes from a ...

Ross Township police are searching for four other snakes after an albino ball python was found near a ballpark on the Fourth of July.