List of pet colour variant numbers

[Wain]

I'm not sure if there's been a list like this anywhere before, but I went through WCP's pages and determined the number of colour variants available for every wild pet listed. Some might be wrong. I've found a few pages that were missing a colour, and it's always possible there's more. But anyway, if we were allowed to capture every colour of every wild pet (which we can't because of the 3-cap) it would add up to around 403 pets. Given there's something like 265 other pets, that adds up to slightly more than our 650 cap.

Sorted by number of colours, the list is:

Name # colours
Beetle 4
Cat 4
Crunchy Scorpion 4
Crystal Beetle 4
Dung Beetle 4
Forest Moth 4
Frog 4
Leopard Scorpid 4
Mac Frog 4
Mountain Cottontail 4
Oasis Moth 4
Scarab Hatchling 4
Scorpid 4
Shore Crab 4
Silky Moth 4
Small Frog 4
Snake 4
Spiny Lizard 4
Stinkbug 4
Strand Crab 4
Stripe-Tailed Scorpid 4
Swamp Moth 4
Tainted Moth 4
Water Snake 4
Adder 3
Ash Viper 3
Bandicoon 3
Bandicoon Kit 3
Devouring Maggot 3
Dusk Spiderling 3
Elfin Rabbit 3
Fungal Moth 3
Grasslands Cottontail 3
Grotto Vole 3
Horny Toad 3
Larva 3
Lizard Hatchling 3
Parrot 3
Rabbit 3
Rapana Whelk 3
Rat 3
Redridge Rat 3
Shimmershell Snail 3
Silkbead Snail 3
Stormwind Rat 3
Szechuan Chicken 3
Undercity Rat 3
Alpine Hare 2
Bucktooth Flapper 2
Carrion Rat 2
Desert Spider 2
Forest Spiderling 2
Gold Beetle 2
Grassland Hopper 2
Highlands Mouse 2
Horned Lizard 2
Long-tailed Mole 2
Maggot 2
Malayan Quillrat 2
Malayan Quillrat Pup 2
Marsh Fiddler 2
Mirror Strider 2
Mouse 2
Rat Snake 2
Rock Viper 2
Sidewinder 2
Spider 2
Spotted Bell Frog 2
Stowaway Rat 2
Sumprush Rodent 2
Tree Python 2
Tundra Penguin 2
Twilight Beetle 2
Wharf Rat 2
Yakrat 2
Alpine Chipmunk 1
Alpine Foxling 1
Alpine Foxling Kit 1
Amber Moth 1
Amethyst Shale Hatchling 1
Amethyst Spiderling 1
Anodized Robo Cub 1
Arcane Eye 1
Arctic Fox Kit 1
Arctic Hare 1
Ash Lizard 1
Ash Spiderling 1
Baby Ape 1
Bat 1
Biletoad 1
Black Lamb 1
Black Rat 1
Blighted Squirrel 1
Blighthawk 1
Borean Marmot 1
Brown Marmot 1
Cheetah Cub 1
Chicken 1
Clefthoof Runt 1
Clouded Hedgehog 1
Cockroach 1
Cogblade Raptor 1
Coral Adder 1
Coral Snake 1
Creepy Crawly 1
Crested Owl 1
Crimson Geode 1
Crimson Moth 1
Crimson Shale Hatchling 1
Crow 1
Crystal Spider 1
Dancing Water Skimmer 1
Darkmoon Glowfly 1
Darkshore Cub 1
Death's Head Cockroach 1
Deepholm Cockroach 1
Diemetradon Hatchling 1
Dragonbone Hatchling 1
Effervescent Glowfly 1
Emerald Boa 1
Emerald Proto-Whelp 1
Emerald Shale Hatchling 1
Emerald Turtle 1
Emperor Crab 1
Eternal Strider 1
Fawn 1
Fel Flame 1
Festering Maggot 1
Feverbite Hatchling 1
Fire Beetle 1
Fire-Proof Roach 1
Fjord Rat 1
Fjord Worg Pup 1
Flayer Youngling 1
Fledgling Buzzard 1
Fledgling Nether Ray 1
Fluxfire Feline 1
Garden Frog 1
Garden Moth 1
Gazelle Fawn 1
Gilded Moth 1
Giraffe Calf 1
Golden Civet 1
Golden Civet Kitten 1
Grey Moth 1
Grizzly Squirrel 1
Grove Viper 1
Hare 1
Harpy Youngling 1
Highlands Skunk 1
Highlands Turkey 1
Huge Toad 1
Imperial Eagle Chick 1
Infected Fawn 1
Infected Squirrel 1
Infested Bear Cub 1
Infinite Whelpling 1
Irradiated Roach 1
Jade Oozeling 1
Jumping Spider 1
Jungle Darter 1
Jungle Grub 1
King Snake 1
Kuitan Mongoose 1
Kun-Lai Runt 1
Lava Beetle 1
Lava Crab 1
Leopard Tree Frog 1
Little Black Ram 1
Locust 1
Lofty Libram 1
Lost of Lordaeron 1
Luyu Moth 1
Masked Tanuki 1
Masked Tanuki Pup 1
Mei Li Sparkler 1
Minfernal 1
Moccasin 1
Molten Hatchling 1
Mongoose 1
Mongoose Pup 1
Mountain Skunk 1
Nether Faerie Dragon 1
Nether Roach 1
Nexus Whelpling 1
Nordrassil Wisp 1
Oily Slimeling 1
Plains Monitor 1
Polly 1
Prairie Dog 1
Prairie Mouse 1
Qiraji Guardling 1
Rabid Nut Varmint 5000 1
Rattlesnake 1
Ravager Hatchling 1
Red-Tailed Chipmunk 1
Resilient Roach 1
Restless Shadeling 1
Roach 1
Robo-Chick 1
Ruby Sapling 1
Rusty Snail 1
Sand Kitten 1
Sandy Petrel 1
Savory Beetle 1
Scalded Basilisk Hatchling 1
Scorpling 1
Scourged Whelpling 1
Sea Gull 1
Shrine Fly 1
Shy Bandicoon 1
Sifang Otter 1
Sifang Otter Pup 1
Silent Hedgehog 1
Silithid Hatchling 1
Skittering Cavern Crawler 1
Skunk 1
Snow Cub 1
Snowshoe Hare 1
Snowy Owl 1
Softshell Snapling 1
Spawn of Onyxia 1
Spiky Lizard 1
Spiny Terrapin 1
Spirebound Crab 1
Spirit Crab 1
Sporeling Sprout 1
Squirrel 1
Stone Armadillo 1
Stunted Shardhorn 1
Stunted Yeti 1
Summit Kid 1
Tainted Cockroach 1
Tainted Rat 1
Temple Snake 1
Tiny Bog Beast 1
Tiny Harvester 1
Tiny Twister 1
Toad 1
Tolai Hare 1
Tolai Hare Pup 1
Tol'vir Scarab 1
Topaz Shale Hatchling 1
Turkey 1
Turquoise Turtle 1
Twilight Fiendling 1
Twilight Iguana 1
Twilight Spider 1
Venomspitter Hatchling 1
Wanderer's Festival Hatchling 1
Warpstalker Hatchling 1
Water Waveling 1
Widow Spiderling 1
Wild Crimson Hatchling 1
Wild Golden Hatchling 1
Wild Jade Hatchling 1
Wildhammer Gryphon Hatchling 1
Yellow-Bellied Bullfrog 1
Yellow-Bellied Marmot 1
Zooey Snake 1

[GormanGhaste]

And here's a sub-set of the list, pets with multiple colors, organized by model:

INVERTEBRATES

Beetle 4
Creepy Crawly 1
Crystal Beetle 4
Dung Beetle 4
Fire Beetle 1
Gold Beetle 2
Lava Beetle 1
Savory Beetle 1
Scarab Hatchling 4
Stinkbug 4
Tol'vir Scarab 1
Twilight Beetle 2

Emperor Crab 1
Lava Crab 1
Shore Crab 4
Spirebound Crab 1
Spirit Crab 1
Strand Crab 4

Grassland Hopper 2
Marsh Fiddler 2

Devouring Maggot 3
Festering Maggot 1
Larva 3
Maggot 2

Amber Moth 1
Crimson Moth 1
Forest Moth 4
Fungal Moth 4
Garden Moth 1
Gilded Moth 1
Grey Moth 1
Luyu Moth 1
Oasis Moth 4
Silky Moth 4
Swamp Moth 4
Tainted Moth 4

Crunchy Scorpion 4
Leopard Scorpid 4
Scorpid 4
Scorpling 1
Stripe-Tailed Scorpid 4

Rapana Whelk 3
Rusty Snail 1
Shimmershell Snail 3
Silkbead Snail 3

Amethyst Spiderling 1
Ash Spiderling 1
Crystal Spider 1
Dusk Spiderling 3
Feverbite Hatchling 1
Forest Spiderling 2
Jumping Spider 1
Skittering Cavern Crawler 1
Spider 2
Twilight Spider 1
Widow Spiderling 1

Desert Spider 2

Dancing Water Skimmer 1
Eternal Strider 1
Mirror Strider 2

AMPHIBIANS

Biletoad 1
Frog 4
Garden Frog 1
Huge Toad 1
Jungle Darter 1
Leopard Tree Frog 1
Mac Frog 4
Small Frog 4
Spotted Bell Frog 2
Toad 1
Yellow-Bellied Bullfrog 1

REPTILES

Ash Lizard 1
Horned Lizard 2
Horny Toad 3
Lizard Hatchling 3
Plains Monitor 1
Spiky Lizard 1
Spiny Lizard 4
Twilight Iguana 1
Warpstalker Hatchling 1

Adder 3
Ash Viper 3
Coral Adder 1
Coral Snake 1
Emerald Boa 1
Grove Viper 1
King Snake 1
Moccasin 1
Rat Snake 2
Rattlesnake 1
Rock Viper 2
Sidewinder 2
Snake 4
Temple Snake 1
Tree Python 2
Water Snake 4
Zooey Snake 1

BIRDS

Chicken 1
Robo-Chick 1
Szechuan Chicken 3

Parrot 3
Polly 1

Tundra Penguin 2

MAMMALS

Bandicoon 3
Bandicoon Kit 3
Masked Tanuki 1
Masked Tanuki Pup 1
Shy Bandicoon 1

Cat 4
Fluxfire Feline 1
Sand Kitten 1

Alpine Hare 2
Arctic Hare 1
Elfin Rabbit 3
Grasslands Cottontail 3
Hare 1
Mountain Cottontail 4
Rabbit 3
Snowshoe Hare 1
Tolai Hare 1
Tolai Hare Pup 1

Clouded Hedgehog 1
Malayan Quillrat 2
Malayan Quillrat Pup 2
Silent Hedgehog 1

Bucktooth Flapper 2
Sumprush Rodent 2

Black Rat 1
Carrion Rat 2
Fjord Rat 1
Grotto Vole 3
Highlands Mouse 2
Long-tailed Mole 2
Mouse 2
Prairie Mouse 1
Rat 3
Redridge Rat 3
Stormwind Rat 3
Stowaway Rat 2
Tainted Rat 1
Undercity Rat 3
Wharf Rat 2
Yakrat 2

[Wain]

Updated the list, as the Parrot only had three colours, not eight. This has been fixed on WCP as well.

[Tweak]

I realize it's a somewhat daunting task... but it would be great to know which color variants are unique to which species... so that people who want to minimize their captures know exactly what they need to catch. Here's an example of what I'm saying.

Raccoons come in 4 colors and 2 sizes. Red, White, Black and Grey.

Bandicoon comes in Black, White and Grey.
Shy Bandicoon comes exclusively in Black.
Masked Tanuki comes exclusively in Red.

However, to get every color in a full-sized Raccoon, you don't have to catch every skin for every pet.

Shy Bandicoon - Large Black
Bandicoon A - Large White
Bandicoon B - Large Grey
Masked Tanuki - Large Red

Therefore you don't actually have to catch a Bandicoon in Black, because Shy Bandicoon, which uses the black skin exclusively, already has that skin covered. Minimizing the amount of duplicates necessary to only one extra Bandicoon.

Now, where it gets more complicated is size variants. Bandicoon Kits and Masked Tanuki pups also cover all 4 colors, but they're both smaller than standard Full sized Raccoons, so if you want all 4 colors in both small and large sizes, you'd also need to catch...

Bandicoon Kit - Black
Bandicoon Kit - White
Bandicoon Kit - Grey
Masked Tanuki Pup - Red

And if you don't give a crap about size, and only want one of each color, you could catch the following, giving you all 4 colors and no duplicates...

Shy Bandicoon - Black
Bandicoon - White
Bandicoon Kit - Grey
Masked Tanuki - Red

See what I'm saying? Breakdowns like that would be helpful for those of us who don't necessarily want EVERY pet in EVERY color... but just want to make sure we have at least one of each unique look.

Now I used Bandicoons as example because they're relatively simple, but it gets way more complicated for stuff like Snakes, Crabs, Moths and so on.

So like I said, it would be helpful... but I understand it's somewhat daunting, so... just throwing the idea out there for anyone who has a huge amount of time and motivation. lol...

[Scarydreams]

I just want to say Thank You very much for taking the time to put these lists together I prob would have pulled all my hair out and chewed my finger tips off before I was finished with such a list. This is just another reason why this website stays at number one.

[GormanGhaste]

I realize it's a somewhat daunting task... but it would be great to know which color variants are unique to which species... so that people who want to minimize their captures know exactly what they need to catch.

Breakdowns like that would be helpful for those of us who don't necessarily want EVERY pet in EVERY color... but just want to make sure we have at least one of each unique look.

I've actually been working on this very thing, and posted a thread on it this morning:

http://www.warcraftpets.com/community/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1654

[Wain]

Thanks for all your work on the lists by colour and model, Gorm

I've just updated the list: the Tundra Penguin comes in 2 colour variants, not one.

[Wain]

Updated:
Silky Moth: pretty sure it only comes in 4 colours, not the 6 currently listed on the site. Just need to confirm that.
Swamp Moth: def. comes in 4 colours, not 2 (site already corrected)

[Wain]

Updated: Crunchy Scorpion comes in 4 colours, not 3. WCP is missing the black with orange spots version, but I've let them know.

Mountain Cottontail also comes in 4 colours, since it comes in shiny white as well as flat white.

[Lisanette]

I have made pics at Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 503&type=3

Like this one:

[Wain]

That's an awesome piece of work They need tables like that here

I guess you'll have to update the Crunchy Scorpion though. Oh, and the Silky Moth, which only has 4 colours... WCP had a couple of extras they since removed

[Vige]

Lisanette

i loveeeeeee this!
its so helpful! thank you for all your hard work, and yes this totally need to be added to the website!

[Lisanette]

Updated the moths, but cant see the change for the Crunchy Scorpion. Might be due to temperary blindness.

EDIT: making new pics of all of them - sorted in a "better" non-alphabetical way, but with green highlights, where one need to pay accention to get all skins in ones pet collection.

PS: So what did you guys say about new skins for old critters? *sigh*

[Lisanette]

I read, what you actually typed, and not what I thought I saw. Thus updated the Moths, Scorps and Rabbits correct this time - I think. Could you please check for me?

[GormanGhaste]

The only corrections I noticed are:
Garden Moths actually have the same wings as Crimson Moths, not Red Moths.
Mountain Cottontails have a shiny white option, but as far as I know, Snowshoe Hares just have the regular white option.