Here you can definitely see the difference in these two anery phenotypes. Also, like I and some other's have known for many years, this clearly depicts that the so-called "anerythristic" Honduran's are actually hypo-erythristic animals.



The amount of melanin in many individuals gives the impression to many that they have NO red pigmentation(erythrin), but in all actuality, there is indeed enough within these pigment cells to display a very noticeable pink hue, and this is not due to the animals blood and tissue showing through.



Also, think of it this way.....how on earth could many of the "snows" you see which is a composite of "anery" x amel have a pink as a very common color scheme to them. It just ain't possible if these animals were truly anerythristic, or their normally red/orange bands would be totally void of ANY pigment,although you still might see just a bit of the blood in their tissue from their scales and skin being so thin at this size.



Anyway, look how much cleaner this one "anery" is compared to the other next to it. You can clearly see what would be pink result in a more gray coloration due to the melanin involved.



BTW Rusty, yep!, there were two!..LOL!, a perfect 50% ratio by the numbers of this breeding.





~Doug




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