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Question: Can leucistics or albinos hatch out of dark eggs?

yellowpebble

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Can the colour of the embryos change as they get older?

the mother was melanoid so the eggs are dark, but the father was light and she probably has some light genes too. Can dark embryos turn out as light axolotls after they develop, or will they all stay that dark colour?

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As far as I'm aware, if the mother was albino, the eggs are light....

From Axolotl.org -
Pictured to the right are four 12-hour old eggs. Note the lack of pigment - this indicates that the mother was albino. Normal eggs are dark brown (there is a picture of two at the top of this page). An albino mother will lay white, pigmentless eggs. If the offspring are not albino, pigment will appear during embryo development. The eggs take about 2 to 3 weeks to hatch. Development seems to be optimal when the eggs are attached to plants. This is due to the circulation of water around the egg, aiding gaseous exchange.
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Not sure if that really fits in, but pigment can change/appear or something after hatching?
 
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thanks! thats for white coloured eggs turning into dark axies though, i'm wondering if dark coloured eggs can turn into light axies? Its probably similar.
 
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My eggs came from melanoid parents, and all the eggs where black. As they reach the end of their development, some of the larvae where grayish, and some where lighter then others. This grayish ones turn out to be leucistic. Its been a week and half since they hatched and as they get bigger they seem to be getting lighter and lighter. The white on some of them is more obvious then on others.
 
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