>>That is all very interesting, Doug.
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>>(1) Do you have any idea why some Cal kings start of looking black, but end up brown as adults?
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>>(2) Is that black color truly black? It doesn't seem like it is because a baby hypo is brown, not grey.
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I always wondered that.....
Is brown a reduction in melanism?
If so, I've seen a ton of hypomelanistic Splendida.......

Then there are many ontogenetic pigment changes....
Like the yellowing of amel tricolors and amel holbrooki.
Also the zonata that hatch out hypoerythristic and loose all of the lavender..
And the red Mex Mex that change to pink then to anery as they age....
Then look at all that pigment change in Floridana and corns......

Lots of stuff we can't really tell what's going on but we name it something so we can all try to be on the same page....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

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