There are several different kinds of axolotls for sale from reputable axolotl breeders.
#1. Leucy (pink axolotl)
Leucistic: aka (The "Pink" Axolotl), its genetic term is called White. Leucy is it's name for short. Leucies can range from clean looking all they way to looking almost black. Those are called Piebald Leucies. A Dirty Leucy looks like it has freckles or mask faces. Leucies have iridophores (shiny specks) usually only found on their eye rings and sometimes their gills. When Leucies are a tiny axolotl baby you can see xanthophores (yellow pigment that looks like specks under a microscope). That usually blends in as they get older and not noticeable.
Melanoid: Mel for short. Melanoids do not have iridophores. They do however have xanthophores which also are hard to see when they get bigger. They have a smooth looking body. No patterns.
#3. Wild-type axolotl
Wild-Type: has a pattern when they are a small axolotl baby. Some Wild-Types keep a pattern and some it's less noticeable when they get bigger. Wild-Types have both Xanthophores and Iridophores.
#5. Albino axolotl (aka Golden Albino)
#5. Copper axolotl
#6. Hypomelanistic axolotl
Hypomelanistic: Hypo for short. They have iridophores and lots of Xanthophores. They can look very similar to a Wild-Type. They range in colors too. But their black pigment is dulled. Sometimes this type is hard to identify to the untrained eye.
GFP means Green Florescent Protein. It makes an Axolotl glow under a UV, black light, or blue light.
Cranial Glow
Mosaic axoltols
Mosaics are something that cannot be purposely bred for. It is a rare axolotl available. The 2 most common looking Mosaic (I use common loosely here because there is nothing common about Mosaics) Those two are called a Split Mosaic, where they look like they are split in half and one side is different from the other. The other is called a Mottled Mosaic. It looks like it got in a paint ball fight and has patches of different colors all over them.
NAG axoltol
A NAG is also a rare axolotl available. It can happen. NAG means Non Albino Golden. They can be confused with a Hypomelanistic sometimes because they look like a Golden Albino but have dark eyes and they typically have dark color going down its tail.
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