PIC HEAVY!!! Types of ASF's the incomplete list

[Mike Cavanaugh]

Finally got around to snapping a few pics. Pictured below are the main kinds of ASF's I have so far. There are different variations of each of the morphs, but these are the main ones so far. Also, the non-albinos come in all different colors. SOME of these are black, grey, brown, cinnimon (or brindle)

Please add any pics you have of anything that is NOT included in these pictures. It would be nice to get more organized on the different morphs of this species so we talk about them easier.

*** Please note, I will refer to some of them as albino. There have been many discussions on this subject. The general concensus is that they are not albino, but a form of pink eyed dillute. I am still up in the air on this subject. For the purpose of this thread, they will be called albino.

You do NOT have my permission to use any of these photos when selling your ASF's... I assume the same will go for anyone else who contributes pictures to this important thread.

Pied with colored ears, clean butt


Pied with colored ears, colored butt


Pied with no color in ears


Albino Pied


Gremlin or Head spotted


Gremlin or Head spotted with white cheeks


Albino Gremlin or Head Spotted


My personal favorite... a NORMAL, or Solid, or Self


Albino Normal, Solid, Self



And the beautiful site you will see when breeding Normal X Normal....

[Jeff Krupa]

Thanks for the pics mike, very good info here. As far as someone using your pics. There is a sticky here on how to watermark your pictures. I figured it out in 2 minutes, not too hard to do.
heres the link
http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

[hoax]

Thanks for the pics mike, very good info here. As far as someone using your pics. There is a sticky here on how to watermark your pictures. I figured it out in 2 minutes, not too hard to do.
heres the link
http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

That is good stuff. I would really like for us to all get on the same page. I am particularly excited about my new ASF's because I got one of the albinos.

I was calling my albino a caramel. It has a caramel color to it but with red eyes.

I think Connie calls them ruby eyed? Correct me if I am wrong.

Where does the pink eye diluted name come from? Is there a reason for this name? If it is not an albino I do not think that is what we should call it. I also do not think we should call them ruby eyed, because what if we discover another ruby eyed ASF with different patterns or body colors. I like "ruby eyed caramel" maybe, I think it is a very descriptive name.

I look forward to coming to an agreement on the naming. Weather it be spotted, gremlin, striped, albino. red eyed, caramel, or what ever just as long every knows what the heck we are talking about.

Also I have the water marking program it is really easy, it is a relatively small program, and it works fast.

[blackcrystal22]

I only have pieds in my collection, and I've noticed that the no colored ears is probably recessive, because it is rare and when it does happen, the coloration of the brown is lighter than the colored ears pied.

Haven't gotten any normals, albinos, or gremlins though.

[GVReptiles]

They're so cute!

I hate feeding rats and mice to my snakes because they are so cute.

[littleindiangirl]

I was calling my albino a caramel. It has a caramel color to it but with red eyes.

I think Connie calls them ruby eyed? Correct me if I am wrong.

Ruby eyed is a working title... lol. I'm working on the genetics behind the cinnamon vs the ruby eyed to find out if they are the same gene but with just slight variations in color.

Where does the pink eye diluted name come from? Is there a reason for this name? If it is not an albino I do not think that is what we should call it. I also do not think we should call them ruby eyed, because what if we discover another ruby eyed ASF with different patterns or body colors. I like "ruby eyed caramel" maybe, I think it is a very descriptive name.

Pink eyed dilute is described in the domestic rat (Norway rat) as being the suppression of the Eumelanin (brown and black) production, while leaving the phaomelanin (yellow and red) behind.

"The p allele dilutes whatever color it is found with, by reducing black-brown pigments and leaving the red-yellows alone. The net result, in rats, is reduction in the dark eumelanin pigments, resulting in a pale [yellow] coat and pink eyes." (ratbehavior.org)

The pink eyed dilute on an agouti hair (yellow banding) creates the amber color in norway rats, which is very much like the color on our false "albino" ASF's. To that effect, I have begun to refer to the yellow/orange ASF's as "Amber" or "PED" for consistency.

From what I have read and seen in my crosses, the Agouti color is dominant, and the cinnamon's (including the ruby eyed) are simple recessive.

The agouti would be a genotype of "AA"
The cinnamon would be "cc"

I have two working theories into the true genetics of it, but honestly I haven't paid such close attention.

One would be that the cinnamon with light pink ears (for now will call type 1), but almost black eyes, is actually a product of two separate genes, agouti and cinnamon equally. With a genotype of AA, cc.

The other theory is that the agouti and the type 1 cinnamon are on the same locus, where AA, and Aa would be agouti, and aa would be the type 1 cinnamon. Just today though I have disproved that theory.

Right now, I have set up a few colonies with the express purpose of trying the different colors against one another. To determine the ruby eyed and type 1 cinnamon, I have a self ruby eyed male crossing with a pied type 1 cinnamon. All of their offspring will be head spotted, and I will be able to easily record their colors.

The second female the ruby eyed male is with is a head spot agouti (the dark grey colored animals). They have had a litter and I just took pictures today of their colors and will review them tonight while working through my theories.

Sorry no pics as of yet, I have a couple on my website, but I've been working on that page lately so there really aren't very good pics yet.

[Mike Cavanaugh]

Party Foul!!! GIVE US PICS CONNIE!!!!!

[littleindiangirl]

LOL, okay, just one... This is the cross between the self agouti female and self ruby eyed male.

[greghall]

got them all except the self or normal

[Mike Cavanaugh]

got them all except the self or normal

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