You missed the whole point, HYPOMELANISTIC = REDUCTION IN MELANIN, WE ARE TALKING NOT JUST ABOUT MELANIN HERE. The genetic defect knocks out the other two pigments (red and yellow), not just melanin. It creates a ghost effect with each pigment, so calling them hypos is no more correct than calling them axanthic, etc.

What do you call a boa that has all three pigments reduced in relative similar proportions but not 100% eliminated? I'm open to suggestions, but until then, they are "ghosty" for me.

Now my Long Canytons, the ones you and I have communicated about, are hypos.

Larry

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