Rainbow Pacman?!

[cali]

It's been about 15 years since I've had a pacman- about all that was available back then were the lemon yellow/orange spot albino canwell's, standard phase carnwell's, and ornates. The proliferation of varities is amazing. I ran into an old friend that had an adult cranwell's and got the bug again. After I bounced through a few pet stores- I came across this guy (and just had to bring him home).
There was a little bit of green and yellow when he was the size of a quarter- he's more like a silver dollar now. I expected it to fade, but his coloring has only become more intense as he's grown.

This guy probably falls into the "Apricot Albino" category- but I haven't found another picture of a specimen that shows this great of a color palet- at the quarter-sized age or anyother.

Any thoughts as to if he'll keep this "Rainbow" look?

The first 3 pictures were taken with sunlight coming through the window, no photo shop.

BTW, his name is "Pickles". (I have no idea where that came from, just popped into my head.)

[Kristen]

Great looking pacman!
I don't know why his going rainbow, but it sure does look good, haha

[GrifTheGreat]

Very beautiful Cranwelli you have. Looks kind of like one of the new Albino Morphs. Its always a toss up whether they keep their colors or they fade to another. You will just have to wait and see.

[cali]

I love his color so far. Only had him about a month- had some problems with feeding but he never turns down a nightcrawler so I've just been packing him with those. I'm cautious to attempt to change his diet though considering how his colors are turning out.

I'd like to know how to categorize him, too much color for a true "albino"- on one hand it's pretty cool to see all the new morphs that are available, but frustrating not knowing how he'll actually turn out or what to expect from any offspring.

To me he almost looks like what my imagination would describe as an amelanistic ornate hyrbid.

[GrifTheGreat]

Definetly not an Ornate. He lacks the false eyespots on the back of his eyelids. Could be a Cherrybomb or a High Red Albino, but I'm not sure. He doesn't quite look like an Apricot. Hopefully Mike from Mikesfrogs(Mikes Phat Frogs) will see it and chime in. It looks like one of his specialties. Jessica. From Ivory Reptiles could also give you some insight. They are both breeders on here.

[GeorgiaBulls]

Whatever he or she is it's amazing!! Please keep up with updates on the board, would love to see how the color will end up..

[Zamboni]

I wish my pet shop had those...very nice!!

[Heatheranne]

Beautiful coloring

[pyxieBob]

a lot of "albinos" carry green, when thy have very intense green while keeping any shade of red eyes they are called a lime green albino. Nothing very new but very unique. some of his color will fade im certain. particularly the blue-ish gray spotting. Cherry bombs are much more rich read through out. and tangerines don't carry and dark or green coloring. he VERRRRRY cool. Griff is also right abt it not being Ornata. 100% Amelanistic Cranwelli. and one of the best Iv seen!


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[cali]

Like I said- been out of the game for awhile. I'm used to only seeing the red overlay on ornates- thus my thinking that there was a crossing by breeders to get the high red/orange into the cranwell's line. I'm very surprised by the amount of morphs and phases that are available now.

I expect the blue to darken up I'll be taking alot of pictures in the future. My auto-focus wasn't cooperating and I had to shoot from an angle that wasn't what I wanted. I feel that the blue didn't turn out as bright as it should have.

And I'm totally hitting the pet store tomorrow to see if they have that other one still.

[pyxieBob]

totally understandable. I was just offering some tips I know abt them. it's one the best Iv seen. I'd buy every Pac like that I could!


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[mikesfrogs]

You really want to wait til the frog is an adult to see what the end color is.

Its not a Apricot Albino, Cherry Bomb or A High Red Albino. They have no green.

It will probably fade to a light red with the lime green cranwelli arrow.

However, it is a great looking frog.

[cali]

Its not a Apricot Albino, Cherry Bomb or A High Red Albino. They have no green.

Care to take a chance and label it? ~
Not being sarcastic, just curious to know where it fits.

I'm just surprised that with as many photos of juveniles that I've come across, I haven't seen one with the myriad of colors like pickles here.
And I know cranwells darken as they get older, but I've found it odd that as this guy gets bigger, he's getting brighter. The blues and pinks have just recently begun to show up.

I've never reared pacmans in any quantity- perhaps I'm just not familiar with how much of a gamble it is as far as the final coloration.

What's a general census of when their color becomes (atleast close to) stable?

[mikesfrogs]

The blue on the sides are from the insides of the frog showing through light colored skin. Almost transparent.

I wouldnt label it til its and adult.

I own Apricot albinos, cherry bomb and High reds

Here is what those three look like

[mikesfrogs]

The few albinos I have with green in them are these two adults.

I would wait about 3 months and see what it turns out to be. We all could debate for weeks over what it is. But until its an adult we wont know.

[cali]

Those look to all be fair sized adults- what do your juveniles look like?

[pyxieBob]

def an albino w lime tint. not as extreme as a lime green albino phase I'd say


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[IvoryReptiles]

Sorry, I forget the crowd I hang with here........it is an albino with some high lime coloring.

[cali]

Some other interesting morphs I've come across. Gives me some hope that pickles may stay vibrant.
Seems every pacman is different...

[IvoryReptiles]

The top two are cranwelli, the bottom two are ornata. I'm waiting to see the first Albino ornate......now that will be something to behold!