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Hey,
I've had my 2 axolotls for almost 6weeks and they are growing nicely. I thought i had 2 wild types but the lighter one doesnt have the gold ring around it's eyes like the darker one. I can't post any pictures because i use my phone to access this site and it won't let me. But...if someone would kindly take a look at my album and let me know what they think, i would really appreciate it.
 
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The one with the golden eye ring looks like a wild type.
But the other looks like it may be a melanoid axolotl. Just due to the coloration, and the fact that it has a dark ring around its eye, leads me to think melanoid.
 
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Thanks, they are both the same age and when i recently took some close up pics of them, thats when i noticed their eyes are different. I thought he could be a melanoid but his colour looks like a wild type.
 
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Melanoids are not born the solid color they will be as adults. They are often blotchy when young.
You can check out when people are selling young melanoids, they sometimes have very similar coloration to yours.

Usually the color over time becomes more and more uniform. Sometimes they can remain more spotted, like the wildtype counterpart.
Melanoid just means that the axolotl completely lacks the shiny pigments, called iridophores.

Check out the example seen here along with the genetics of the two types.

http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be...90258-axolotl-color-genotypes-phenotypes.html

This site also has a lot of pictures of young melanoid axolotls.

http://www.katsaquatics.com/collections/axolotl-juveniles/products/melanoid
 
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Wow your right!! They look similar. I can't wait to see what he looks like when bigger.
 
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