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Caleb
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Posted: 20 Apr 2004
At last, I've found the pictures I had of two albino toads from 1990. Apologies for the poor quality:



These were caught on two separate occasions in Ramsey, Cambs., in March 1990. They were both adult males, one of which went on to spawn in captivity with a normally-marked female. I raised quite a few of the resulting tadpoles, but the metamorphs were pretty weak, and none survived past winter 1990.

I kept the two males for a while after that- one died while in my captivity, and I passed the other one on to a friend when I went to university. He kept it for about another year before it died, I think.

Both of these toads had red eyes (which are not apparent in the pictures), and had a definite yellow tinge to the skin. They were both very poor feeders, presumably due to bad eyesight.
AJfr0ggy
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Posted: 07 May 2004

Very nice, allthough it is a shame that they struggle to even survive in captiviy with their eyesight problem.

Were any of the babies albino, or just carriers?

AJfr0ggy


Caleb
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Posted: 09 May 2004
None of the young were albino- they will all have been heterozygous carriers of the albino gene.

They didn't appear significantly different to 'normal' common toad juveniles.
will
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Posted: 02 Sep 2009
I've just been sent this pic by Steve Pash, a naturalist based in the Middlesex area, of one of several albino toads using a small garden pond in NW London.  Also seen in this pond was an albino smooth newt.  Coincidence or...?



Mark_b
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Posted: 02 Sep 2009
Wow thats stunning! A smooth newt as well, interesting...
Caleb
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Posted: 03 Sep 2009
Very nice picture. Presumably taken earlier in the year, as the nuptial pads are quite clear.

As my pictures seem to have disappeared, here they are again (and apologies once more for the quality).



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frogworlduk
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Posted: 25 Jan 2010
those are incredible. look slightly like the yellow toads in this months wildlife magazine.
i though albino smooth newts are VERY rare or almost non existant aren't they?

Peter
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Posted: 25 Jan 2010
Caleb, is it me or do the eyes of the animals in your pic look darker than Will`s animal?



Caleb
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Posted: 26 Jan 2010
Yes, the eyes of 'my' toads were darker. They were clearly red, though the photos don't really show it.

I don't think albino smooth newts are that rare (certainly not as rare as albino toads)- I've seen quite a few photos of them.

Albino common frogs seem more common, though- there are photos in the media almost every spring.

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