Description
- Leucistic: pale pink with black eyes.
- Xanthic: grey, with black eyes.
- Albino: pale pink or white, with red eyes, which is more common in axolotls than other species.
- Melanoid: all black or dark blue with no gold speckling or olive tone.
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1. Wild Type ; 2. Leucistic (White) ; 3. Albino (Golden Albino) ; 4. Melanoid ; 5. Copper.
Leucistic, Melanoid, Wild Type, Golden Albino, White Albino, GFP, Chimera Axolotl, Mosaic Axolotl.
The axolotl is a paedomorphic salamander closely related to the tiger salamander. It is unusual among amphibians in that it reaches adulthood without undergoing metamorphosis. Instead of taking to the land, adults remain aquatic and gilled. Wikipedia
Conservation status: Critically Endangered (Population decreasing)
Scientific name: Ambystoma mexicanum
Class: Amphibia
Domain: Eukaryota
Family: Ambystomatidae
Genus: Ambystoma
Kingdom: Animalia
Axolotls come in many different colors and patterns, called morphs. Think of these morphs like dog breeds—they're all axolotls, but each morph is unique and ...