Leucistic axolotl turning yellow

[Kunaga90]

I recently got two young axolotls one is an albino and one is leucistic. Ive had them about a month and they seem to be doing very well but it's my first time owning the breed. Today I noticed that the leucistic along with getting black spots on his/ her head which I read was normal he/ she is also taking on a yellow tint. Is that also common or is it something i need to be worried about? The albino is normal, both are relatively active and very hungry. They are about 4 1/2 inches long, their water stays between 68 and 70 degrees and has good filtration.

 

[Alkylhalide]

Pictures would be nice
Ill just say im 99.9% sure by just what you said its normal but now im curious if it looks like that odd colored melanoid thAt i saw a thread about.
Do you know if its actually a leucistic or a white melanoid? Im curious. Pictures pleAse!? Hehe sounds interesting!
I have a white melanoid with a lot of freckles, no yellow pigment. Somebody on caudata showed us her melanoid, that was almost completely white with yellow pigment, so looked like it should be a melanoid, but wasnt black..

 

[Kunaga90]

She isn't feeling very photogenic at the moment lol. The guy I got her from said she was leucistic but I'm not sure I'm still learning.

 

[mikeg]

Mmhmmm seems interesting, if you can just try to get a picture of the axolotl full body while on all 4`s its kinda hard to judge in the picture but i can see the yellow tint you are talking about, Also watch those river rocks they seem small enough for your axies to swollow.

 

[Alkylhalide]

I agree. But to me from this angle it does look like a white melanoid.. Or some sort of melanoid at least! Hehe the yellow tint would point you towards a melanoid, whereas the white coloring points towards a white melanoid.. This does kind of look like it will be like the case of the unusual colored melanoid! I love seeing different variations in color morphs! Its so cool! I have an axanthic albino and a melanoid albino even that got me excited! They look like twins but one has yellow pigment and one lacks it.

 

[Petersgirl]

What about axanthic albino?

'The second kind of albino I will mention is the axanthic albino. It has normal pigment cell migration but is homozygous for the albino gene and the axanthic gene (a/a and ax/ax), meaning it lacks melanophores, xanthophores and iridophores. It is almost white, but becomes yellow with age due to the accumulation of riboflavins from its diet.' (Axolotl.org).

But do axanthics get freckles? 0.o

Ooh, actually, reading further down, it is actually possible to get yellow leucistics: 'Axolotls come in many different colour variations. Axolotl breeders often produce an odd offspring whose phenotype defies what the breeder knows to be its genotype. Piebald axolotls (not just on the top of the body like a leucistic), yellow leucistics with black spots, and the harlequin (orange and black patches on a white axolotl) are just a few examples of what chance can present.'

Also, a melanoid albino isn't out of the question - melanoid albinos have the gene for yellow xanthophores...but it does say on the site that the yellow tends to be limited to the head and back, and in small quantities...this bubby has quite a bit of yellow going on there I'd say yellow leucistic personally.

 

[Petersgirl]

Failing that...try putting your baby under a black light. If he/she glows, he/she is GFP. (Just be careful - they don't like lights generally).

 

[Alkylhalide]

I think people often confuse a white melanoid and a leucistic, they look the same but a leucistic has a gold ring in his eyes. It makes more sense to have a yellow white melanoid.. Or a yellow melanoid! Hehe


I think there was confusion, i just ment i have a axanthic albino, still young. Only 5months old. I love different color variations here are two of my albinos.