That is EXACTLY how I see it too.



I will also say that the intricate dynamics of the way axanthism and anerythrism "actually" work in different animals pigment cells(chromatophores) is extremely confusing at BEST, and they can act in tandem and/or independently too with one another, affecting totally different things as well. We in the hobby generally try to simplify this confusion by giving snakes that have a particular "look"(phenotype)that basically corresponds to a very simple version of what we "might" already understand, but none of us know what really goes on inside some of these cells to make them display many of the looks that we see either...LOL!



Simple amelanism is pretty straight-forward of course, but with several other mutations, it many times is just "assumed" what might actually be responsible for the given "look", or even what it should best be called. Even the "lavender" gene is only "thought" to be caused by just the simple presence of tyrosinase, and probably certainly IS sometimes in certain snakes, but without laboratory "dopa" testing, this is only pure speculation as to if this is true in ALL the similar looks we see in many snakes across the board. There are many others too.



In any case though, I agree with your above examples of hose particular morphs.





~Doug
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