AHB Series 26 – Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Blue-Eyed Leucistic) – Crotalus adamanteus | Snake

HIDDEN · THE WHITE DIAMOND · blue-eyed leucistic

A Series of Laugh and Grow

Real animals, reimagined plump and cheerful — painted in lifelike detail, sculpted impossibly cute.

Chubby & Full of Character

Rounded, soft and undeniably cute — yet every scale, wrinkle and marking is hand-painted true to the real animal. The reaction it gets in person is always the same: so detailed, and so adorable.

Ready to Display

A single, sturdy hand-painted piece — no assembly, no fuss. Set it on a desk or shelf and it holds its happy pose, ready to collect and show off.

Leucistic, Not Albino

An albino lacks only melanin and usually has pink or red eyes. A leucistic animal is missing pigment across its skin, so it turns white or pale cream — but its eyes develop differently and keep their color. That is why this rattlesnake looks back at you in blue.

A Ghost in the Pinewoods

In the wild, a white coat is a hard way to live. It stands out against pine needles and palmetto, both to the hawks that hunt snakes and to the prey a diamondback waits for. White diamondbacks are almost never encountered in nature — which is exactly why this one hides in Series 26.

Diamonds, Erased

The species is named for the bold, pale-edged diamonds along its back. Leucism washes them away, so here the drama comes from shape alone: the plump coils, the open, fanged strike, and the rattle, painted a warm gold against the pearl-white body.

Same Snake, Same Respect

Color aside, this is still the largest rattlesnake in the world, and it still prefers a warning to a strike. Pair it with No.03, the classic Eastern Diamondback, to see one species in two very different coats.