Possible WC hypo

[infernalis]

Gertie, all those terms each have a different definition.

Oddly, a pure "albino" is called a snow. (Lacking any and all pigmentation.)

amelanistic = Lacking black
anerythristic = Lacking color, but black is present
axanthistic = Unknown word
Melanistic = all solid black

and variations on the above...

[Stefan-A]

axanthistic = Unknown word

Axanthic. Lack of yellow.


amelanistic = Lacking black, but red and yellow is present.
anerythristic = Lacking red, but black and yellow is present
axanthic = Lacking yellow, but black and red is present.

Combine all three traits and you get one without black, red and yellow. At least in theory.

[infernalis]

Thank you Stefan

[zooplan]

a: amelanistic = Lacking black
b: anerythristic = Lacking red
c: axanthistic = lacking yellow
d: melanistic = (all solid black) black covers other colors
e: erythristic= red covers other colors
snow= combination of a and b
blizzard= combination of a, b and c (real albino)

oh, I´m to slow again ;-)

[Stefan-A]

blizzard= combination of a, b and c (real albino)

That would be my interpretation as well.

[infernalis]

b: anerythristic = Lacking red

So why would a Anery red sided garter be desirable??

Or an Anery infernalis?

Yet for some reason folks are willing to pay good money for a red sided garter that has no red on it?

I understand, unusual and different appeal to many, including me.... But red is a fine colour, and why anyone would want it gone escapes me.

Oh, and thanks Udo, my comprehension of these terms just leaped forward

[Stefan-A]

So why would a Anery red sided garter be desirable??

Or an Anery infernalis?

Yet for some reason folks are willing to pay good money for a red sided garter that has no red on it?

I understand, unusual and different appeal to many, including me.... But red is a fine colour, and why anyone would want it gone escapes me.

Oh, and thanks Udo, my comprehension of these terms just leaped forward

Well, you've answered your own question.

[infernalis]

Well, you've answered your own question.

I guess not everyone likes red as much as me

An amelanistic red sided flame would be so pretty..(if such a thing were to exist anywhere but in my imagionation)

[Stefan-A]

I guess not everyone likes red as much as me

An amelanistic red sided flame would be so pretty..(if such a thing were to exist anywhere but in my imagionation)

Personally, I think that most colour morphs look like crap compared to the "original". Especially the whitish ones

[zooplan]

Oh, and thanks Udo, my comprehension of these terms just leaped forward

This is from the darkness of my foretime, when I had to study a lot of genetics and calculus of probability

The anerthistic red sided is a part of the way to snow or blizzard red siders, you could never now if that will be different to a snow eastern.