Larva to adult colour morph database?

[Minniechild]

Hi all! I have a few quite strange coloured babies in the batch I'm currently raising (leucistic with a few sparkles), and considering the wide variety of morphs that are around (not to mention the forum declaring the topic too common to show the search results of!), I thought it might be an idea for us to create a photographic database of larvae and what they look like as hatchlings, juvies and then as adults. Additional information such as family trees where possible could be added as well (The mum of the babies, for instance, has a wild type dad and a melanoid albino mother).

So...thoughts?

 

[Kerry M]

Great idea. I'm happy to contribute.

 

[Kaysie]

I have a couple photos I'm willing to contribute!

 

[Minniechild]

Awesome! I guess the next question is what do you think is going to be the best way to set this up?

 

[Kaysie]

I would think like the color genetics site is already set up, like this: Axolotls - Genetics and Colour

 

[Minniechild]

Definitely a good place to start from! Though perhaps more categories and examples, especially as there are so many different larval presentations of wild types and melanoids? Also should it be expandable so that people can upload pics of interesting babies and we avoid the situation we have at the moment of "Well, s/he/they looks sorta like this, but in reality...not really"?