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DMong
at Sat Jun 11 01:11:05 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DMong ]
I'm sure you will agree that is the very same "chocolatey" look that the nelsoni you and Shannon have, and that Christos Skliris of France originated by total accident in 2005. They could certainly be T-plus, and probably are, just no way of really knowing for certain that absolutely NO melanin is present in the melanophores without an actual "L-dopa" test done on some scale tissue. They sure as hell look alot different than most other known types of hypos, that's for darn sure... . I am thinking this particular type of tyrosinaise-plus gene probably does allow a small given amount of melanin to be synthesized and produced within the melanocyte because it is not really the light purplish/lavender phenotype we are accustomed to seing in some of the other t-plus type animals, where there is typically no melanin processed, just the presents of the lavenderish/lilac colored tyrosinase?.
Another angle to this would be that it could even be caused by an OVERABUNDANCE of tyrosinase within the cells, which in turn might give them a more dark "milk chocolate" look to them, who knows???
The thing that alot of people don't often think about is that all of these different types of T and hypo in all these different snakes in the hobby more than likely deal with some very closely related causes and mechanisms, but depending on some of the precise chemical and enzyme cell dynamics in any given type of these different animals(and different T-plus strains), it can make some of them look very different to the human eye than others in regards to their different shades and intensities,.....know what I mean?.
Anyway, definitely a killer animal there Dave, I've always thought those were just insane man.
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
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yeah,.......... - DMong, Sat Jun 11 01:11:05 2011