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Old 12-Oct-05, 11:12 PM
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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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