When you say that they develop melanin as they mature, do you have any photos of these adults? They seem to "look" like amels from the pics you posted,with ZERO dark pigment(now anyway), and pink eyes.

I suppose it's also possible to gain more dark as well as you mentioned, but I wonder if it is TRULY melanin, or maybe tyrosinase involved here. Some good clear "full-body" shots of these youngsters, AND the adults would really come in handy.

Very interesting either way!


~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

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• unknown black rat morph - Redmoon, Fri Feb 22 07:25:30 2008
• oops. . . - Redmoon, Fri Feb 22 07:26:23 2008
• RE: unknown black rat morph - DMong, Fri Feb 22 12:30:05 2008
• RE: unknown black rat morph - Redmoon, Fri Feb 22 13:11:06 2008
• I look forward to the pics!....n/p - DMong, Fri Feb 22 14:14:59 2008
• "rusty" maybe! - ameratsnake, Sat Feb 23 04:42:31 2008
• a slim chance . . . - Redmoon, Sat Feb 23 11:29:53 2008
• also - - Redmoon, Sat Feb 23 13:32:42 2008
• RE: also - - draybar, Sat Feb 23 14:47:33 2008
• the brighter - Redmoon, Sat Feb 23 20:55:04 2008
• RE: the brighter - draybar, Sun Feb 24 10:44:26 2008
• RE: unknown black rat morph - hermanbronsgeest, Sat Feb 23 14:02:51 2008
• RE: unknown black rat morph - DMong, Sat Feb 23 14:34:02 2008
• RE: unknown black rat morph - Dwight Good, Sat Feb 23 14:51:37 2008
• I tend to agree.... - DMong, Sat Feb 23 17:48:41 2008
• RE: unknown black rat morph - Redmoon, Sat Feb 23 20:58:16 2008
• RE: unknown black rat morph - hermanbronsgeest, Sun Feb 24 03:47:40 2008
• RE: unknown black rat morph - dre, Mon Feb 25 18:50:47 2008
• sounds about right - ameratsnake, Mon Feb 25 20:01:30 2008
• wow. . . - Redmoon, Mon Feb 25 20:45:39 2008