The cells ability to produce yellow is effected by the defect that causes its inability to produce red...I should say MOST yellow is removed...not USUALLY it is removed. This is why snows yellow out as they mature...but the yellow is not as vivid as in amelanistic animals. In either case, it looks to me like the animal in question has brown...not a color seen in anerythristic animals.



In axanthic animals (not boas) the opposite is true. The same cell misfunction occurs only effecting yellow and MOST red pigment.



Take care, Chris
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• Does this look anerythristic to you? - whitneywee, Fri Jun 18 21:23:54 2004
• Does on my screen! What's the story behind those? nm - PBM, Fri Jun 18 21:27:39 2004
• RE: Does on my screen! What's the story behind those? nm - bahreptiles, Fri Jun 18 23:29:40 2004
• Does it matter? more... - kasper22, Fri Jun 18 23:40:13 2004
• Looks anery to..................................... - gmherps, Sat Jun 19 07:38:34 2004
• He's nice, but I don't think he's anery... - Chris Olson, Sat Jun 19 08:05:48 2004
• not necissarily - obz, Sat Jun 19 16:45:50 2004
• Your dead on.....but.... - Chris Olson, Sat Jun 19 18:57:11 2004
• I would have to argue with you on that one.. - Randall_Turner, Sat Jun 19 20:06:28 2004
• exactly my point randy np - obz, Sat Jun 19 20:10:37 2004
• RE: I would have to argue with you on that one.. - Chris Olson, Sat Jun 19 23:57:44 2004
• RE: Your dead on.....but.... - obz, Sat Jun 19 20:09:34 2004
• Yes but many of the babies normally do....more - Hoppy, Sat Jun 19 11:05:54 2004