Hi Jeff. Yeah, I certainly agree with a whole lot of what you said there. But how are you sure that you can differentiate hybinos from albinos?. They can be somewhat variable, but how can you notice a definitive reduction (hypomelanism) in something that is also already completely lacking ANY melanin? (amelanism). I do know that when certain individual genes are combined, that they aren't always displayed as we see them individually, or expect. I know you can't tell hybino Hondos from amels, although some claim they can. Those amels can vary quite a bit in color and intensities very normally. I know some people would claim that the creamier light orange ones in a suspected hybino clutch were the hybinos, but I have seen hybinos and normal amels in every color spectrum known to man and there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to telling them apart visually.

Do you think it couldn't just be some slight normal variation in the red/pink eye color intensity?. If you can tell the difference between the two visually, this would be extremely interesting to say the least. I wonder if Mark Bell or Kim Bell have noticed any of that since they have probably seen quite a few 100% KNOWN hybino calligaster over the years too I would think.

It would be very interesting if someone could post some good closeup pics side by side of a couple normal amels and a couple known hybinos together...


cheers, ~Doug
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