I didn't exactly say hypomelanistic and amelanistic were interchangeable. I said hypo was similar to amel, but I should have clarified. Amelanism means "no" melanin, whereas, hypomelanism means "reduced" melanin. So, I meant hypo was an incomplete reduction of melanin, whereas, amel is a complete reduction. There's a lot of different forms of both of these mutations.



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It's a blue-eyed blonde Cal king. It's not an albino because of the eye and body pigment, but sure seems like a type of amelanism. Actually, I would call it a hypo.



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It's a Davis black-belly Cal king...hypermelanistic.



Hope you enjoyed.



TC

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• Hypo Bairdi....... - kendiehl, Sat Jan 28 09:36:32 2006
• RE: Hypo Bairdi....... - byron.d, Sat Jan 28 10:47:57 2006
• RE: Hypo Bairdi....... - kendiehl, Sat Jan 28 11:34:15 2006
• thanks for the added info.. - byron.d, Sat Jan 28 12:38:10 2006
• RE: thanks for the added info.. - ratsnakehaven, Sat Jan 28 18:46:54 2006
• I'm with you on that.. - byron.d, Sun Jan 29 12:46:25 2006
• RE: thanks for the added info.. - Elaphefan, Sun Jan 29 13:12:44 2006
• RE: thanks for the added info...(pix) - ratsnakehaven, Sun Jan 29 15:10:01 2006
• RE: thanks for the added info...(pix) - Hurley, Mon Jan 30 01:17:26 2006
• Hurley.... - ratsnakehaven, Mon Jan 30 04:30:05 2006
• RE: thanks for the added info.. - snakesunlimited1, Sat Jan 28 22:07:51 2006