Here is the thing that I don't understand... I have boas but I have been able to own an axanthic ball or two in my "crazy owning ball python days". Don't worry I am no longer on the dark side and have seen the light and I am using the force properly now. All joking aside though...

Both snow BP and snow boas have some degree of yellowing to them. In BP you even have 3 strains of axanthic and all of them have some yellowing to them. In BP it's not red it's yellow... or at least it appears that way to me because the snows are not totally white.

I am just wondering if they shouldn't all be called hypoaxanthic since the underlying colors when you remove the black leaves some residual yellow in the many layers of snakes and other reptiles.

At least in the boas you have removed ALL of the red in anerythristics but I have yet to see an animal besides a leucistic (and not all of those) that is solid white.

Just my rambling...

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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