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Just a couple of question...

1.) What is the definition of Leucistic, ive been searching for it but i cant find an exact answer, is it white, with blue eyes?

2.) Is the Leucistic trait Dominant?

3.) What's the difference between Leucistic and Albino?

Thanks alot for your time!
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-Doug Daly

>1.) What is the definition of Leucistic, ive been searching for it but i cant find an exact answer, is it white, with blue eyes?

No pigment in the skin. Color is white with blue, silver, or black irises. Pupils may or may not have a hint of red.

>2.) Is the Leucistic trait Dominant?

The leucistic mutant gene is recessive to normal in the Texas rat snake. Leucistic may be either a recessive mutant gene or some sort of dominant mutant gene in other species; it must be retested in every species that it occurs. Because the name may be the same, and the mutant appearance may be the same, but the mutant gene may be different.

>3.) What's the difference between Leucistic and Albino?

See above for leucistic. Albinos (aka amelanistic) have no melanin pigment in the skin, eyes, or tongue. Yellow pigment is still present in the normal amount. Pupils are pink.

Hope this helps.

Paul Hollander

1. Yes a leucistic is pure white with blue eyes and if you are talking about ball pythons there is a blue eyed leucistic is pue white with blue eyes and there is a black eyed leucistic that is pure white with black eyes.

2. some like the leucistic texas rat snake is a smiple recessive that means when a leucistic is bred to a normal it will produce 100% het. leucistic and black leucistic in ball pythons is a dominant that means when it is bred to a normal it will produce all fire balls (het. black eyed leucistic) fire ball is a co-dominant gene so when a fire ball is bred to a fire ball it will produce black eyed leucistic, fire balls, and normals the normals have no leucistic gene And when a blue eyed leucistic is bred to a normal it depends on what produced the blue eyed mojave bred to a mojave will produce blue eyed leucistics (super mojave), mojaves, and normals the normals have no blue eyed leucistic gene And when a platinum is bred to a mojave it will produce blue eyed leucistic, lessers platinums, mojaves, and normals normals have no blue eyed leucistic gene. Ok now here is when blue eyed leucistics that are bred to normals that will produce

Blue Eyed Leucistic from (platinum x mojave) bred to a normal will produce platinums and mojaves

Blue Eyed Leucistic from (mojave x mojave) bred to a normal will produce all mojaves

3. The difference between a leucistic and albino is leucistic have blue or black eyes and albinos have red eyes and some albinos are yellow but leucistic are pure white

Hope This Helps Scott Glover