ANERYTHRISTIC means lacking all red pigment. Proven to be a simple recessive trait that is easily reproducible in Boas.

AXANTHIC means lacking all yellow pigment. Not proven to exist in any Boa Constrictor. Some speculate they have something that is Axanthic simply becuase the animal is quite dark. However they fail to understand how the layering of color works in Reptiles. Of course an animal with tons of black may not reveal the underlying yellow, but strip away that black and those animals have always shown plenty of yellow. ie. all the Albinos and Snow Boas ever produced, regardless of how black the parents or grandparents, produce offspring with plenty of yellow.

I do think some day we will find an axanthic line, but the give away will not be the black that completely masks the underlying yellow. It will be a light colored animal that due to the total lack of yellow, will glow with the remaining primary color that is red. Blue is also a primary color but very limited in the vast majority of animals including Boas.

The yellow is what makes Hypos orangish vs. reddish. The less yellow influence, the more red is revealed without being polluted by the yellow. Selective breeding can reduce that yellow, but only a true mutation will make a true axanthic... Someday.



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• AXANTHIC or ANERYTHRISTIC - albinorosy, Fri Jan 9 17:51:59 2009
• RE: AXANTHIC or ANERYTHRISTIC - maizeysdad, Fri Jan 9 19:53:05 2009
• RE: AXANTHIC or ANERYTHRISTIC - LarM, Fri Jan 9 20:14:17 2009
• Axan can it be duplicated??? - SpyderPB6, Sat Jan 10 01:11:13 2009
• RE: Axan can it be duplicated??? - Slithering_Serpents, Sat Jan 10 02:16:53 2009
• RE: Axan can it be duplicated??? - Luke9815, Sun Jan 11 18:27:33 2009
• RE: AXANTHIC or ANERYTHRISTIC - ajfreptiles, Sat Jan 10 09:22:23 2009
• RE: AXANTHIC or ANERYTHRISTIC - mpollard, Sat Jan 10 09:31:15 2009
• Definitions: - boaphile, Sat Jan 10 10:04:42 2009
• So Jeff.... - albinorosy, Sat Jan 10 11:33:22 2009
• No - boaphile, Sat Jan 10 13:19:10 2009
• You Play with Barbie Dolls huh?..lol - ExecutiveReptiles, Sat Jan 10 16:08:07 2009
• I didn't say that I played with Barbies - boaphile, Sat Jan 10 16:23:11 2009
• Just givin you crap...lol - ExecutiveReptiles, Sat Jan 10 16:53:57 2009
• I am curious what the Ball Python people - ExecutiveReptiles, Sat Jan 10 17:25:25 2009
• Not much response.... - ExecutiveReptiles, Mon Jan 12 10:26:54 2009
• RE: Definitions: - ajfreptiles, Sat Jan 10 13:10:06 2009
• RE: Definitions: - boaphile, Sat Jan 10 13:26:57 2009
• Thanks Jeff - LarM, Sat Jan 10 15:38:54 2009
• Why is yellow harder to remove than red? - snakecandy, Sat Jan 10 11:16:52 2009
• RE: Why is yellow harder to remove than red? - albinorosy, Sat Jan 10 11:54:58 2009
• RE: Why is yellow harder to remove than red? - snakecandy, Sat Jan 10 16:09:40 2009
• RE: Why is yellow harder to remove than red? - albinorosy, Sat Jan 10 17:05:35 2009
• RE: Why is yellow harder to remove than red? - kylefrost, Sat Jan 10 16:12:10 2009
• However, I think - boaphile, Sat Jan 10 16:27:41 2009
• jeff.... - albinorosy, Sat Jan 10 17:15:25 2009
• Interesting.... - ExecutiveReptiles, Sat Jan 10 17:38:58 2009
• Example I used.... - ExecutiveReptiles, Sat Jan 10 20:01:05 2009
• Dang Typo... - ExecutiveReptiles, Sat Jan 10 20:04:25 2009
• RE: jeff.... - EricIvins, Sat Jan 10 19:58:19 2009
• pardoxs are just fixing things cell by.. - micahdenton, Sun Jan 11 01:08:57 2009
• RE: pardoxs are just fixing things cell by.. - EricIvins, Sun Jan 11 05:28:09 2009
• Almighty boa keeper and genetics god.... - vcaruso15, Sun Jan 11 10:25:45 2009