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22-Jul-04, 06:20 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-03 Location: melbourne | | | Quote: |
As you say, hypomelanistic is just a reduction in the amount of melanin the snake has. It's a general description of a physical feature. There is not really any such thing as 'a true hypo' it is something that you can call any snake with reduced melanin.
| so mine is a hypo now but might not be in the future mags? |
22-Jul-04, 06:35 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-03 Location: In the ironically named sunshine coast, surrounded by nerds and nurses | | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by zoe so mine is a hypo now but might not be in the future mags? | That is, unfortunatly, the most likely outcome. |
22-Jul-04, 09:03 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: G>F>A>C AFRO!! | | | | as long as the snake is healthy and looks good as a normal coastal, can't be asking more then that |  | |
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