Quote Originally Posted by zooplan View Post
It´s easy to see how lacking of one pigment is changing colours, when you´ve learned that almost all colours on a snake are mixtures of black(blue), red and yellow pigments.
Indeed they are. The effect of different chromatophore's in combination is a fascinating subject. Removing just one pigment from the combination can have surprising results when it reveals color that was normally masked. What may appear to remove red on a snake can actually be the results of the removal of xanthophores, not erythrophores and so a snake that is called "anery" can actually be axanthic, and visa/versa. To complicate matters, xanthosphores are not always yellow, and erythrophores can be yellow, not just red.

Just a theory, but I think that the reason my anery's are blue or green is that the blue/green pigment was there all along, masked by a pigment that is now missing. Could be orange xanthophores, erythophores, or a combination of both that is missing. Either way, I think the blue was always there and has only been revealed by removal of other pigments.

Yeah, thanks for the link Terry. Nice eastern photos! To be honest, I like the look of the 3rd and 4th picture a lot and it appeals to me much more than the erythristic easterns that everybody seems to drool over.