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Originally Posted by foxysnake Increased melanin as your saying like the darwin carpet in reptiles australia, volume 2, issue 2, is called 'amelanistic', where the animal is almost completely black. |
That's incorrect.
An increase in melanin is hypermelanistic.
When the animal is completely black it is termed 'melanistic'.
'Amelanistic' means a complete absence of melanin.
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