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In hypos and anerys, we always refer to the tippings that appear at the end of the scales for hondurans as black tippings (those that are also not considered "clean" in appearance).

This male honduran picture (actually the SECOND PICTURE) is a late 2004 male albino het anery that is now fully grown adult and if you notice on its first 4 red bands, there are whites in between the reds. Could this be the oppposite of what's occuring on hypos and anerys with black tippings? It is pretty neat looking if you ask me but was wondering if some of you guys have had this type of albino hondos.

Notice also that his sister sibling ( FIRST PICTURE ) DOES NOT HAVE the 'whites' in the red band area. Her red bands are wider and more red ... just showing the huge difference between the 2 siblings.

Whatcha think?

Ray

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RAY - "Laziness is nothing more than a habit of resting before getting tired!"

Actually, I posted the wrong picture of the sibling female hondo. I don't have it in my laptop now (it's at home) but I can assure you that the bands of the correct female sibling are solid red (without the 'whites' in the red area) and I will post them later...

Thanks,

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RAY - "Laziness is nothing more than a habit of resting before getting tired!"

Ray,.....Yes, that's exactly what is going on!....I have the same thing going on with some of mine as well!.....just as they normally would have "black-tipping" on some normal-colored individuals, the "amel's" are now left with a voided area of melanin at the tip, that tends to be more pronounced as they age, just as it would tend to get darker with a normal-looking specimen,.......also,....wow!!, those two siblings you posted do have a totally different look from each other for SURE!!, later, Doug
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Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!

Thanks Doug, I suspected it to be similar to the tippings of the darker morphs in hondos. By the way, I posted the wrong pic of his sibling sister (as I indicated in my next posting below the original posting ). When i get home, i will post the pic of his sister sibling. When you see it, you will still get the same reaction of how contrasting the red area is between the two siblings... his sister has solid ultra piercing red color bands.

Sorry for the misposting of one of the pics.
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RAY - "Laziness is nothing more than a habit of resting before getting tired!"