Why are they not all white with pink eyes like albino mammals? I know this is a noobie question, but Im sure someone here can tell me. Thanks 
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Albino lepoard geckos
hefe
May 30, 2003 05:10 PM
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thefiradragon
May 30, 2003 05:32 PM
>>Why are they not all white with pink eyes like albino mammals? I know this is a noobie question, but Im sure someone here can tell me. Thanks
mammals have one pigment melan, while reptiles have 3 pigments
Albino leos are amelanistic, so they still have the other pigments.
hopethis helps
ashley
Rob Jenkins
May 30, 2003 05:41 PM
I mentioned in a post earlier todayt that leopard geckos (all reptiles?) have three skin pigments, black (melanin), yellow (xanthin), and red (still can't remember name of this one). When you take away the black (amelanism/albinism), you're left with the yellow, red and white (lack of pigment where there was going to be black).
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thefiradragon
May 30, 2003 06:02 PM
i think red is anery
isnt there another pigment as well that acts like a refective cell or something like that
or maybe a i thinking of snakes
thanx
ashley
hefe
May 31, 2003 01:29 PM
Very interesting! Thanks for the information
