Example images used to capture different coloration for exotic pets, specifically fish and salamanders. Image attribution: • Yellow tang: Arpingstone, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons • Madarinfish: Luc Viatour (https://lucnix.be/), CC BY-SA 2.5 , via Wikimedia Commons • Convict cichlid: shutterbusterbob CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 , via flickr • Black molly: Pmalkowski, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons • Yellow-eye ensatina: Greg Schechter, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons • Fire salamander: StefanHoffmann, Free Use, via pixabay • Two-lined salamander: John D. Wilson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons • Jefferson’s salamander: Todd Pierson, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 , via flickr.

 
 
  Part of: Pienaar EF, Sturgeon DJE (2024) Exotic pet owners’ preferences for different ectothermic taxa are based on species traits and purchase prices in the United States. NeoBiota 91: 1-27. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.91.109403