Re: WTF? Super fires are not a real leusistic?
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Originally Posted by
snakesRkewl
Leucism /ˈljuːsɪzəm/[1] is a condition characterized by reduced pigmentation in animals caused by a recessive allele. Unlike albinism, it is caused by a reduction in all types of skin pigment, not just melanin.
Leucism is a reduction in the pigment and melanin, it does not have to be a pure white animal.
Ivory's are leucistic also :gj:
Some "experts" would say that definition is wrong. I've even herd claims that the reduction in pigment doesn't matter but the reason why the reduction occurs classifies it as lucy or not. Something to do with what actually changes under the skin. Honestly I think this semantics part of biology (IMO) is a little silly, If that is the "real" definition.
To the OP, we use scientific terms loosely and sometime outright incorrect, don't assume a snake looks like something, just because we call it that. As far as the trade is concerned, any super fire or super sulfur is a lucy. Some are just higher yellow than others. I would agree with MarkS as sulfur throws the highest yellow.
Never said it was just a Sulfur thing....however,
Every Super Sulfur I have produced that was not a multigene animal was high orange. Other lines cannot say that, they seem to be hit or miss. I was just commenting on the fact that the photo was EBN, and they have Sulfurs, actually, they have some of the very first Sulfurs and the very first Sulfur Pastels.
