Question: Humphreys Axolotls

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Hi All,

I just thought I would put the question out there regarding Humphreys Axolotl. I was at the reptile show in Hamm, Germany last month and I say some unusual axolotls for sale with the label Humphreys axolotl on the tubs. I will post a phot shortly of one of the young that I purchased. What I noticed immediately was the width of the head on the Humpreys compared to the standard axolotl whihc is normally much narrower.

I looked up the Humphreys axolotl and I found that there is a man called Humphrey who did some genitic work on axolotls in the 1960's (if I remember correctly) and I am wondering if this developed into a strain of axolotls being named after him?

Any ideas John, Patrick or Henk?

Thanks
Declan
 
Re: Humphreys Axolotls with photo

Here is a poor quality image of the Humphreys (on the Left) and the standard axolotl (on the right).
 

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Re: Humphreys Axolotls with photo

That is strange, I have an axolotl that is a grey wildtype and it looks remarkably similar to the Humphreys axolotl! I have always thought that he is a different shape to my other ones, perhaps he is a Humphreys too.
 
Rufus R. Humphrey was a researcher at Princeton University back in the 1930 through the 60s. He is often credited with being the "father" of the captive bred axolotl. His strains live on as stock from the University of Indiana Axolotl colony.

In the pet trade a good portion, if not all captive axolotls worldwide are descended from Humphrey's original breeding program. He is credited with developing many common phenotypes and genotypes, from "short toes" to axanthic albinism.
 
SludgeMunkey said:
His strains live on as stock from the University of Indiana Axolotl colony.

In the pet trade a good portion, if not all captive axolotls worldwide are descended from Humphrey's original breeding program.
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Greg31 said:
Any main ways to tell which one you have?
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Sure. If you have an axolotl that carries the albinism trait you have one. A bit of Google work on this one will tell you everything you need to know.
 
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