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How light in color does a wild type have to be before its considered a dalmation?

Jazzy says yarr

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Does anyone have pictures of an axie identified as dalmation? Iv been trying to look them up for about 2 weeks now, and i either find something that isnt necessarily definitive, or just looks like a mislabled wild type. They also look a lot like my Oliver, so I'd like some opinions, please :)

Are there specific qualifications to the coloration besides shade that qualify them as such? Like, for example, Oliver has iridophores on her tail and gill frills. Would that disqualify her from possibly being a dalmation, or that particular detail doesnt necessarily matter?


There is very little reading on this color morph that i could find. Any information would be much appreciated.

Thanks!<3
 

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Some more photos of Oliver for reference.

With the camera flash, for the sake of a detailed photo only, she appears almost like a bronzing tone. She doesn't look like that irl.
The other pictures are what she looks like if you just sit next to the tank and have a look at her. She's mostly a light grey, lots of spots, iridophores on her tail and gills, and a little greenish face mask.

I'm still having a lot of trouble finding what the parameters for classifying the color morph as dalmation, and there have been a decent chunk of views, but no one has said anything >.>

Can a lady get opinions? :) lay some knowledge down for me; please.

Thank you.
 

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Their are a lot of new "self branded" axolotl morphs. I think you will have a tough time finding dalmation axolotls that breed true. Some would go as far as to say their is no such thing as a dalmation morph. I'm not sure either way. I consider myself an expert on axolotls. I'm having a tough time keeping up with and weeding out all of the "new" types.
 

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I honestly only saw it mentioned maybe 3 times total when I was researching set up information, and could literally find no definition or examples. Just people asking "is this one?" Or "could this possibly be ect ect".

I was mainly curious because I thought I was just getting a wild type, and the LPS owner had no genetics info on the two he had gotten from the breeder; wasn't something he thought to ask about.

I thought maybe out of sheer luck I had stumbled upon some rare gem. She's still very lovely, regardless.

We were thinking about getting a breeding partner for her, but weren't sure what kind to look for genetics back ground wise, if we wanted something like the lighter coloring to show through with wild type patterning.

That definitely makes sence as to why there's zero info about it, if it's one of those purely speculatory morphs.

Thanks, Michael.
 
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