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Old 08-Aug-07, 08:17 PM
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As said, nothing, amelanistic simply means lack of melanin, and albino means lack of melanin.

The confusion appears to come from the fact that we associate the all white etc with Albinism. This is true in humans as we dont have other colour produce cells like xanthophores for example.

So that is why an albino snake will have yellow colouring.

The complete white or lack of all pigments is leucism or leucistic. Like that awesome looking leucistic ball python that gets around everyso often

I think it is just a confusion due to the use.
 

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