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axanthic blue tongues
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:44 pm
by tim8dena
does anyone have any pics of any.. and does anyone know the going price for any in the united states
thanks tim
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 9:38 pm
by MartinsPerson
Maybe I'm a nerd, but what is an axanthic blue tongue? I've never heard of that....
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 9:43 pm
by Fatal_S
I looked up axanthic on google, and all the pictures were of ball pythons or a few leos, but they all looked like the ghost morph. The again, I don't pay too much attention to morphs. Either way, I don't think there's any BTS like that...
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 11:25 pm
by mewzic-7123
i've seen a picture of a gerrards blue tongue skink, which had a very peachy redish colour. I'll chech for axanthic
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:05 am
by Blotch
Axanthic means Lack of yellow Pigment. This is not to be confused with Anerythristic - which is the lack of Red pigment.
Are you interested in a greyscale bluey?
Axanthic Reptiles generally have a silver colour where the Yellow pigment would normally be, therefore, A Silver Tanny may be what you're looking for.
If this is the case - you should talk to Andrew Seike about a purchase.
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:19 am
by Bird_Brain
amelanistic is lacking the black pigment, making the animal usually red, white, orange, yellow, etc. Basically an albino. My cornsnake was an amel.
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:39 am
by Blotch
From what i know it's only for Yellow and Red.
As you know Zach, other instances of pigment disorders (if that's what you'd call them - "Defect" is probably a better term) are obviously Albinism (complete lack of Pigment), Melanism (High level of melanin pigmentation), and Leucism (Pigment cell defects simillar to Albinism, but pigment production is normal, however the animal will be almost pure white like Lisa - Hefs bluey).
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:40 am
by Leigh
Ther was a thread a couple of weeks back that had some rather redish ones in, but I cant remember if they'd been photoshopped, did we get an answer to that one in the end.
Nice to see you Blotch
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:41 am
by Blotch
Thx Leigh! Been a while mate!
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:16 am
by Brainerror
you learn new things every day

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:19 am
by SailleSkinklover
I think the general consensus on the red Westerns was that they were a photoshop job. Also, they were located in Australia, so he couldn't get them in the U.S. anyways.
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:45 pm
by NomadOfTheHills
Zach wrote::noknow:
So is there a special word for every lacking color?

Scientists like to name things. Its human nature to classify
There are scientific words for everything. Like coprophagy lol
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:56 pm
by Zach
That's a good word....

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:24 pm
by tim8dena
ill post some pics tonight..i have one(not 100% sure what he is) is why i was asking..we got him from Indo..only one like this i have ever seen
thankstim
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:14 pm
by tim8dena
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:50 pm
by Bird_Brain
Beautiful little guy!
Can this possibly be a potential mate for King Cole? (Tigergenesis' Indo?)
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:56 pm
by NomadOfTheHills
Nice silver indo!
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:31 pm
by Fatal_S
Are you sure it's not just in shed? I've seen some silver indo's and meraukes, and some pictures of them are in shed. I think it's very pretty, but I wouldn't call it axanthic. By the same idea you could call any silver tanny axanthic, couldn't you? And yellow indos or meraukes are called just that, yellow, not given a name, Indonesian species just seem to come in a variety of colors. I know the picture of the 2 indos reminds me of my yellow and silver tanny (the colors, not patterns). Oh, and could you get a picture of the belly? Is it all white there too? It's very pretty, and could be a great mate for King Cole to produce some nice babies, but I'd not go as far as giving it axanthic, unless it produces some identical babies for a few generations.
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:08 pm
by mom22wins
What striking contrasts on that bluey!

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:12 pm
by Funda
They look great!

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