| Albino - Color: Golden or White with pearly sheen; melanophores lacking melanin are present during early development but diminish; iridophores are usually in high levels; xanthophores are in varying levels. | ||||||||||||||||||||
) Golden albino, approximately 12 months old. Photo © Jessica Miller December 2003, jess@livingunderworld.org |
) Golden albino, approximately 7 months old. Photo © Jessica Miller July 2003, jess@livingunderworld.org |
) Albino larva. Photo © Takeshi Ebinuma, endless@interone.jp |
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| Leucistic, or White - Color: White with varying degrees of black coloration; non-functional melanophores and xanthophores are present in varying levels; minimal iridophores are present. | ||||||||||||||||||||
) Leucistic, or white morph, approximately 14 months old. Photo © Jessica Miller December 2003, jess@livingunderworld.org |
) Photo © Henk Wallays, Henk.Wallays@pandora.be |
) Metamorphosed leucistic. Photo © Henk Wallays, Henk.Wallays@pandora.be |
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| Melanoid - Color: Black/ Dark Gray; melanophores are present in high levels; iridophores are never present; xanthophores diminish with development. | ||||||||||||||||||||
) Melanoid, approximately 4 months old. Photo © Jessica Miller July 2003, jess@livingunderworld.org |
) Melanoid, approximately 4 months old. Photo © Jessica Miller July 2003, jess@livingunderworld.org |
) Melanoid, approximately 9 months old. Photo © Jessica Miller December 2003, jess@livingunderworld.org |
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| Wild Type - Color: Mottled green & black, sometimes gray; melanophore and xanthophore levels are normal; iridophores appear in the skin in late development and in low numbers compared to albinos, but are apparent in the eyes throughout development. | ||||||||||||||||||||
) Wild type adult. Photo © Anika Diez |
) Wild type adult. Photo © Anika Diez |
) Larva. Photo © Takeshi Ebinuma, endless@interone.jp |
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) Photo © Henk Wallays, Henk.Wallays@pandora.be |
) Eyeless individual. Photo © Henk Wallays, Henk.Wallays@pandora.be |
) Eyeless individual. Photo © Henk Wallays, Henk.Wallays@pandora.be |
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