My melanoid is turning green?

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So I just bought these little guys and my leucistic is slowly getting these dark tiny spots. My melanoid is also turning green around the face. Any ideas?
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Dark spots are normal on leucistics. Sometimes they came and go, sometimes they stay.

Green - pretty. Is it a gfp? Some people like the "green" coloring, but I haven't seen it that green before.
 
Thanks, it's getting brighter green everyday, so I don't know if I should be worried or not.


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I am pretty sure that you have a lovely axolotl and it is nothing to worry about. :happy:
 
Here's some better pictures.
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His name is Severus so the colour is really working for him.


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Thanks Suzuki and no it's not a gfp as Far as I know


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Here is an updated picture of my babe!

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Melanoid just means that they don't produce iridophores. They still produce yellow xanthophores and dark melanophores, hence his black/yellow-green appearance.
 
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Forgot to add that leucism just means that it doesn't produce certain pigments. Most "leucistic axolotls" are actually axanthic albinos, which means that they only ever produce a few melanophores.
 
Nope. Most leucistics are not axanthic axolotls. Most leucies have pigments associated with wild type, golden albino, or melanoid. The leucistic gene just keeps the pigmented cells from migrating to where they usually belong. (Leucistic + golden albino is one of the combinations that leads to "white" albino.)
 
wow, the people on this forum sure are petty. you're going to edit my post and make some snide remark about capitalization? is there a style guide to this forum that i need to read up on? am i allowed to start commenting on erroneous punctuation and usage too? grow up.

to be fair, axanthic albino and leucistic are nearly identical. the term leucistic seems to be widely misappropriated in the pet trade.
 
axolodemia said:
to be fair, axanthic albino and leucistic are nearly identical. the term leucistic seems to be widely misappropriated in the pet trade.
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No, axanthic and leucistic are completely different mechanisms. Axanthic means an animal cannot produce xanthaphores. Leucistic means that the animal produces pigment, but the pigments don't migrate very far from the neural crest.

If you really want to argue the point all white albinos are hard to tell apart.
Axthanthics do not produce xanthaphores and iridophores.
Melanoids do not produce iridophores and a very few xanthaphores.
Leucisitcs produce pigment, but the pattern is restricted.
All of these in combination with albino genes produce animals that are very similar, the main difference being iridophore rings around the eyes of leucisitc albinos.

axolodemia said:
wow, the people on this forum sure are petty. you're going to edit my post and make some snide remark about capitalization? is there a style guide to this forum that i need to read up on? am i allowed to start commenting on erroneous punctuation and usage too? grow up.
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And here I was just trying to show off my axie. XD


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auntiejude said:
No, axanthic and leucistic are completely different mechanisms. Axanthic means an animal cannot produce xanthaphores. Leucistic means that the animal produces pigment, but the pigments don't migrate very far from the neural crest.

If you really want to argue the point all white albinos are hard to tell apart.
Axthanthics do not produce xanthaphores and iridophores.
Melanoids do not produce iridophores and a very few xanthaphores.
Leucisitcs produce pigment, but the pattern is restricted.
All of these in combination with albino genes produce animals that are very similar, the main difference being iridophore rings around the eyes of leucisitc albinos.


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yeah if you actually read my first post i said that about melanoids.

and if everyone here is a whiny pseudo-intellectual who clings to proper capitalization to seem smart, and gangs up on newcomers who present ideas different than their own, then yeah i'm going to take my things and go.
 
Thanks guys. She's pretty neat looking I'll post another one when it's grown. :)


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Here is an update on my leucistic who had specs on his face

When I first made the post
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