Leucistic animals have reduced pigmentation, but unlike albinos, the condition is is caused by a reduction in all types of skin pigment, not just melanin. the term leucistic comes from the from the Greek leukos meaning "white":
This individual is a juvenile female (yellow throat) about 5 months old, and now forms part of the gene pool of my breeding colony! You can compare this animal with normally coloured specimens in these two videos: video1 | video2
And here are some more normally coloured M. trinitatis for comparison:
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