Hypo Mum's and the kiddo

[N2TORTS]

Happy Hypo New Year v^v^
Just a couple shots into the new year ...Mum's and her honey~bee ,'
(6 months old now)...and of course peanut!

JD~

 

[wellington]

Happy New Year back at ya. Great pics, cute torts

 

[Baoh]

What is the story behind how you came to acquire the hypo adults? I find your less typical animals to be especially interesting.

 

[l0velesly]

That last pic.... awwww!

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Great last picture ~JD~.

 

[starfield]

*drooling!*

 

[Laurie]

Nice! Don't want to sound stupid or anything, but what does "hypo" mean in terms of a tortoise? Is it the hypo-pigmentation of the shell? like an Albino?
Thanks, Laura

 

[N2TORTS]

Nice! Don't want to sound stupid or anything, but what does "hypo" mean in terms of a tortoise? Is it the hypo-pigmentation of the shell? like an Albino?
Thanks, Laura

Miss Laura .....Not a Dumb question at all……( there is never a dumb question….just a smart person striving for answers) anyhow ,,,,, here we go ~

Hypomelanism / Hypomelanistic- condition resulting in the reduced production of melanins. At least three types are possible by restriction of production at the initial stages of melanin production, at the eumalnin production cascade or at the pheomelanin cascade.
Also in the “ BLACK “
BLACK PIGMENT
Melanism / Melanistic - excessive producution and deposition, or distribution of melanin pigments (may be orange if pheomelanin to black if eumelanin).
Amelanism / Amelanistic - lack of melanin production. At least three basic forms are possible, though whether all forms have been observed is questionable. 1) amelanism where the chemical cascade is defected before eumelanin and pheomelanins take separate biochemical routes, resulting in a complete lack of melanin production. 2) aeumelanism - where only eumelanin production is blocked. 3) apheomelanism where only production of pheomelanins is blocked.
Color Abnormalities
Here is a list of color abnormality definitions so you can see why color abnormalities are a group of conditions that are problematic to name.

RED PIGMENT
Erythrism /Erythristic - excessive production and deposition, or distribution of red pigments (orange possibly).
Anerythrism /Anerythristic - lack of production of pigments in the darker orange to red range.
Hypoerythrism /Hypoerythristic - reduction in the amount of darker orange to red pigments so that the appearance of this color is largely absent except for traces or appears "washed out."
YELLOW PIGMENT
Xanthism / Xanthic - excessive production and deposition, or distribution of yellow pigments (orange possibly).
Axanthism /Axanthic - lack of yellow and lighter orange pigments, depending on the point in the pigment cascade, this mutation can also cause corresponding anerythrism since erythric pigments (drosopterins) appear to come from the more yellow pteridines biochemically.
Hypoxanthism / Hypoxanthic - reduction int he amount of yellow or lighter orange pigments so that the appearance of this color is only found in trace amounts or appears "washed out." This may also result in hypoerythrism since the red pigments appear to be made from the yellow pteridines.

easy huh ?


JD~

 

[Laurie]

Got it! Thanks for the explanation N2TORTS! I appreciate it