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Question: What color variation is this?

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Came across a couple of axolotls the other day with colors I hadn't seen before. They both appeared to have light blue bellies and speckles. I snapped a few pics of the one that wasn't hiding. I enhanced them a bit so the colors could be seen better.
I'm not really familiar with all the color variations of axolotls, but possibly a new type?
 

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Hmm, I am not the best with axolotl variants but I would say it is some form of wild type? Maybe someone more experienced with this will chime in....
 
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I do not see a golden ring around the eye which makes me think it would be a melanoid. I believe wild type have a golden ring around the eye.
 
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They look melanoid, is it possible to inform the person housing them to please remove the dangerous subatrate?
 
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There is a thread here somewhere about a melanoid that had blue spots, which looked pretty similar to that animal to me, though perhaps the spots were larger. I suspect it is a problem with the pigment cells, like vitiligo in humans.
 
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RupertxGiles said:
They look melanoid, is it possible to inform the person housing them to please remove the dangerous subatrate?
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Of course! I mentioned the gravel before I'll have to check back with them to see if they have removed it.
 
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rachel1 said:
There is a thread here somewhere about a melanoid that had blue spots, which looked pretty similar to that animal to me, though perhaps the spots were larger. I suspect it is a problem with the pigment cells, like vitiligo in humans.
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Thanks rachel1! I'll have to go looking for it then. A melanoid with a type of vitiligo certainly seems the most plausible.
 
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