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Leucistic snake questions, please . . .

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Posted by: slithering_serpents at Tue Jan 2 20:55:15 2007   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by slithering_serpents ]  
   

I understand what makes them and what they look like but I have more questions.
I read about the eyes being formed in the fetus(?) by the neural crest and that's why the blue or black eyes still have pigment, because the iris tissue has a different unaffected origin. That doesn't explain why always blue or black eyes though. I'd like to know why only blue or black? This might be less of a point in snakes but still a curiosity to me. I'd also like to know more about leucistisim in other species.

Caden
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