L.vulgaris...albino? leucystic?

[andrea]

Hi,
I'm Andrea Mangoni, from Italy. sorry for my bad english. I've found this adult male of L. vulgaris, near Venezia, and I would know if is it an albino or leucystic specimen. it has black eye, so I think is the second choice....
Thanks a lot,

Andrea

 

[leonardo]

ciao Andrea!anche tu qui?

I really think that's a leucistic specimen!;-)

 

[william]

very nice animals, i would also say leucistic, even though there seems to be a red gleam in the eye, but could that be the flash?

 

[andrea]

ciao Leonardo! sì, qui per esigenze di identificazione, come vedi...
yes William, it's the red spot from the camera flash.

 

[paris]

wow-hes a really nice looking fellow-since the eyes arent red he probably isnt an albino (albinos can be partial to one specific colour or for all colours), i see that he can produce the white pigment as well as his eye colour-so leucistic is my guess also.....its cool that he's so pigmentless you can see his tail bones!

 

[micha]

Is this vulgaris meridionalis?



(Message edited by cyanurus on May 03, 2005)

 

[andrea]

yes, it's a male of vulgaris meridionalis, from Italy (almost 20 km between Venezia and Padova).