Yer thanks for that mate, was wondering what all that was about

Was really useful thanks - simple when you know the answer !!!!

Haha I've wondered what the numbers meant since I joined but didn't wanna look stupid by asking anyone

can i ask a daft question now please? what is Amel and Hypo in snakes? how do you tell?

first number is male
second number female
third number unknown

Its all a bit double dutch to me as im new to all this. Sure i'll get there in time. I've got one of each.
Typical the males get to go first though huh?

That, too, is quite simple once you know!
amel: short for amelanistic. Melanin produces the black pigment in snakes, and 'a' in front of a latin word means 'no', so, no black pigment.

Hypo: this is short for hypomelanistic. Hypo means 'less', or 'not much' in latin, so, not much melanin in the snake, so not much black in them.

Anery is short for anerythristic. Ery means red in latin, so erythristic means having red, and thus anerythristic means lacking red pigment: those corns which are black and grey in colour.

Hope that helps!

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hate to be picky.... but my mother taught classics and when it comes to languages i just can't help myself... when I see misinformation i have to correct it.... sorry!!!!

Latin has many words for various shades of red, but the 'ery' part of anerythristic is not latin, but comes from the greek ἐρυθρός (erythros).

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Haha, well, I dont mind being corrected when I am wrong! Well, close enough: Greek for 'red' then!

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next thing relating to this...how do you have a scroll box thing at the bottom of your sig?

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