What color morph is this frog?

[Jenste]

I mated my natural male ACF with my albino female ACF, and all the froglets morphed with spots like their dad....except one. originally I thought it was going to wind up being an albino, but I thought albinos would be generally...pinker with reddish eyes.

this little one is like a beige with really dark eyes...nearly black.

take a look...what color morph will it grow into?

frog in question in the lower left, regular sibling upper left



frog in question




frog in question on the left, regular sibling on the right





frog in question on the left, regular sibling on the right








so....thoughts?
I was thinking maybe leucistic?

[Jace]

I have no idea...but that is one cool looking frog. If I saw that in the petstore, I would buy it in a heartbeat. Nice looking frogs, by the way.

[tgampper]

It is leucistic.

[Jenste]

splendid! now the little guy is definitely staying!!!

I am trying to get a large variety of color morphs... I now have this little leucistic to add to my marbled male, my marbled female, my two albino females, my albino male, my reticulated albino female and my golden reticulated albino male.

any my x.borealis female of course (I will be getting a male for her in the next month or so)

[Jenste]

is there any chance this ends up being a reticulated albino?
I had another froglet who I thought was going to be a leucistic and she morphed into my current reticulated albino, "Lola"


is there any way to know for sure or is this one of those things that time will tell?

[Ken Worthington]

This is a really interesting thread, thanks!

How many individual tanks do you have, and what is your set-up please Jenste, it sounds great!

Both my step-brother and a good friend both keep albino ACFs, and I had a tank prepared for one (or two).......but a ribbed newt (P waltl) arrived and claimed the tank for himself!
So I'll have to set up another tank for any future Xenopus...

I can't wait to see how your little fellas grow up

All the best, KW

[tgampper]

is there any chance this ends up being a reticulated albino?
I had another froglet who I thought was going to be a leucistic and she morphed into my current reticulated albino, "Lola"

I think there is a very good chance it could be a reticulated albino. It would be really exciting since they are quite rare.

is there any way to know for sure or is this one of those things that time will tell?

Unless you have a degree in genetics, you'll probably have to wait.