Personally to me, from that picture, it really doesn't look like an axanthic. But pictures can be totally deceiving depending on the lighting and the coloring of the floor can also be causing it to look more brown than it is in person. I agree completely with what Kevin states here:



I have seen very nice axanthics from silver to black and silver. I have also seen several that were a bit brownish, but all had black and white ventral scales.



The ventral scales will be your ultimate indicator if it's a pure axanthic. Of course it needs to have a checkered belly to do this, some hogs have completely black bellies which obviously will not work for determining this. If you see any yellow on the ventrals, then it is definitely not an axanthic.



Troy Rexroth has some nice ones and has even documented the color changes they undergo with age.



Thanks Kevin!



Yes, I started a thread here that documents the first year I had my axanthics and the wonderful color changes they went through. It was my male that exhibited a high level of brown which diminished after a few sheds.



Here's one of the latest pictures I took of them. It's very interesting to see how different they are in coloration. The female I bought from BHB and the male from Jeff Nemanius.




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