18 Animals That Lost and Won the Genetic Lottery at the Same Time

White turtles, black zebras, golden tigers, pink katydids — they often don’t survive for long in the wild without the benefits of their natural coloring. However, such animals never fail to capture people's hearts.

Albino snake: Albino snakes are among the rarest albino animals in the world. It's interesting to know that albino snakes are not born completely white: their skin coloring gets lighter with every month of their life due to a lack of dark pigments. An albino snake is a type of snake that is born with a genetic abnormality known as albinism, which is a lack of pigmentation in the body and eyes. This leads to snakes that are white in color, or may be lacking a particular coloration that is typical, for example a snake that is usually yellow, white, and red might only be yellow and white. Albinism also typically causes a snake's eyes to be solid red in color and may reduce the snake's eyesight. Corn snakes and Burmese pythons are both fairly common types of albino snakes.