#color mutation

[fyanimaldiversity]

Albino Geoffrey’s tailless bat (Anoura geoffroyi)

@ trinibats

[great-and-small]

Neat! I was recording this non-native little orange platyfish (I think) when another oddball stole the show! That salt-and-pepper fella is a melanistic male eastern mosquitofish, which is one of my favorite animal color mutations in the world. We’ve talked about them a little on this blog. You can also appreciate the more muted wild-type mosquitofish coloration (pale gray) in this video near the platy. Cool to catch all three at once!

[continent-of-wild-endeavor]

I found a SHINY!!!

This is a natural mutation, growing in a protected but not landscaped area, among hundreds or thousands of ordinary yellow trout lilies.

[coyotebrisket]

Another piebald from a long time ago.

[todaysbird]

a green jay exhibits a lack of the coloration it is named for. this bird is a blue morph, a color mutation that is uncommon but has been observed previously in green jays, due to a genetic mutation. it is likely due to an underproduction of yellow pigmentation.

[ratlegs]

Spotless Cheetah, photographed by Guy Combes

[violetsandshrikes]

This Northern Pacific Tree Frog was spotted in the Willamette National Forest, Oregon in April 2021. This abnormal colouration is called Axanthism, and means a mutation has interfered with the animals ability to produce yellow (and also sometimes red) pigement. We'd then refer to this animal as an axanthic Northern Pacific Tree Frog. (image source)

[striped-civet]

Frosty (1995-2019), a serval with white feet that resided at Big Cat Rescue