Dark wild or a melanoid?

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What color is Murphy? Dark wild? Melanoid? Something different?
 
I think more melanoid than wildtype. But who knows maybe my eyes are bad :happy:
Either way looks great!
 
Thank you XD MY eyes are kinda bad so that's why I asked. I'm not sure of the requirements for melanoid either :/
 
Looks like a pretty melanoid to me. Melanoid is generally defined in this forum as lacking irridiphores, the shiny pigments in axolotl skin. It is easiest to tell by looking at the eyes. A wild type will have shiny rings around their eyes in bright light, a melanoid will not. You can shine a flashlight on them to see the irridiphores easily.
 
Ohhhhh okay! Thanks so much guys! She's definitely a melanoid then XD I got her from Margie indirectly ( we think she sold her to the person who supplied my local pet store).
 
Hannahlotl2987 said:
Ohhhhh okay! Thanks so much guys! She's definitely a melanoid then XD I got her from Margie indirectly ( we think she sold her to the person who supplied my local pet store).
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Well, that explains why she is so pretty! I have a black melanoid from Margie, and she has those amazing gills too... and super cute!
 
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