Animal Color Terms

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1. So I'm wandering around a pet store and I see a white-and-orange python with pink eyes. What would this python be characterized as? Melanistic None of these Leucistic Albinistic

2. After wandering around the pet store for a while I decide to go to the zoo. There I see a black panther- and how pretty it is, too! What is the characteristic of this animal? Albinism Axanthism Leucism Melanism

3. After looking at big cats I wander over to the reptile house. There I see a snake which is white and yellow with black eyes. Is this just an ordinary corn snake or is it albinistic? Or is it neither? Albinistic This is impossible in corn snakes An ordinary corn snake Neither

4. Somebody is showing an animal somewhere near the skink so I start to listen. The person explains that the animal is schizochromatic. What does this term mean? An extra color that would not normally be there An absence of at least one normally occurring color Albinism The animal is completely insane

5. The person talking shows another animal and says it is xanthochromatic. What does that mean? Melanistic It has absolutely no pigments at all It doesn't have the normal amount of red pigment That it has more yellow pigment than is normally found in the species

6. What is a chromatophore? No such thing exists An animal which has no pigment cells at all A pigment cell An animal which is albinistic, melanistic, etc.

7. I stop by a bookstore on my way home and look at a book which describes what a human with albinism would look like. What hair color would this person have? Black Very pale or white Brown Any normal hair color

8. What, exactly, is melanism? An increase in darker pigments An increase in light pigments A decrease in darker pigments The absence of any pigments but black and brown

9. There is a picture in the book of a pale yellow snake with no white on its body. Would this be considered a true albino? Only if the snake had pink eyes Yes No Only if the snake has blue eyes

10. After a long day of gawking over strangely colored animals I return home to feed my cat- who is supposed to be a tabby, but is completely white with blue eyes! What is this called? Schizochromatic Melanism Leucism Xanthochromatic