RED, WHITE & HARMLESS · the albino honduran
Hand-Painted Detail
Every scale, feather and marking is painted by hand to match the real animal — so detailed up close, so charming on the shelf.
Ready to Display
A single, sturdy piece — no assembly, no fuss. Set it on a desk or shelf and it holds its pose, ready to collect and show off.
In the wild, Honduran milk snakes wear red, black and yellow rings — the classic tricolor of a harmless coral-snake lookalike. The albino form drops every trace of black, leaving bold scarlet and cream bands and glowing red eyes.
Albino, Explained
Albino snakes can’t make black pigment (melanin), so the dark rings and dark eyes disappear. What’s left is pure red and white — one of the hobby’s most eye-catching looks.
The Myth Behind the Name
Milk snakes were named for an old farm legend that they sneaked into barns to drink milk from cows. They don’t — they visit barns for the mice.
A Name Update
Long known as Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis, the Honduran milk snake was moved into Lampropeltis abnorma when scientists split the old milk-snake species in 2014. Keepers still use both names.
Debuted in a Limited Set
This design first appeared in December 2022 in a small, online-exclusive set of five snakes from AHB’s chubby collection. Its sibling in that set is the tangerine Honduran.
Craft & Specifications
| Line | Solo Edition, by Animal Heavenly Body |
| Approx. Size | About 2.4 × 2.2 × 1.6 in (6 × 5.5 × 4 cm) |
| Material | Hand-painted resin |
| Display | Single figure — ready to display out of the box |
| SKU | AHB-SOLO-06 |
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