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What do you call designer morphs that include amel and hypo?

What is the correct term for a designer morph that includes hypo and amel?

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crackerhead said:
I know "albino" means lacking or deficient pigmentation but I dislike the term to be used in the description of corn snake pigmentation. I think it's the etymology of the word that gets me and the fact that it was coined for usage in the human population. The whole "albus" meaning white thing, it works for describing human pigment because we only produce one; melanin or black pigment. So to be without pigment we are very "white". But corns produce more than just melanin. Hence in properly using the term "albino" one is being unnecessarily vague. I like the term "amelanistic" sooo much better as a descriptor. It says exactly what one means; lacking or deficient in melanin or black pigment. In this way people don't think white snake, just snake lacking black.
Terri
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my thoughts EXACTLY! I wish the whole word "albino" was dropped from cornsnakes because even the two well known morphs that would fit this descriptor both need (or don't need as the case may be) more than one different genetic combo in order to be a "white" snake. IMHO
 
Roy Munson said:
The only example I can think of where the hypo type is sometimes confused is hypo Okeetee, where some are actually sunkisseds (but I guess that's off-topic).
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Oh Gosh, Yes! That's a WHOLE other can of worms best saved for around mid-January when everyone is bored out of their skulls and this forum needs a good boost!
 
Susan said:
Oh Gosh, Yes! That's a WHOLE other can of worms best saved for around mid-January when everyone is bored out of their skulls and this forum needs a good boost!
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:roflmao: Good thinking. By then we'll be done with the annual Holiday-Break Troll-athon. :grin01:
 
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