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Leucistic Reptiles

  • Medically defined this is a defect in the skin, not the pigment cells. Classical leucism is caused by a faulty gene, or set of genes, that causes the skin to be unable to support pigment cells
  • Leucicism is a naturally occurring pigmentation morph. True leucistic animals are completely white without any hint of patterning or pigmentation. They also have blue eyes, whereas Albino animals will have red eyes
  • White animals are still able to be produced by mixing several morphs that remove different color pigmentation. If you remove the yellow, red, and black, you will end up with the white appearance as well. Patternless morphs will improve the “white” appearance of the animal so you can get nearly as pure white as a true leucistic, but they will have black eyes

Here is a link to a Veterinarian who specializes in Herpetology. HERE

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(Source: fortheloveofherpetology, via urvogel)

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    still, they’re so beautiful
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    Let me be clear. Yes, I am a Leucistic Reptile.
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