The eggs are greenish-brown with dark speckles and blotches. The eggs are usually olive-brown in colour with dark speckles or blotches. Its underwings are yellowish with black speckles. These eggs were greyish with purple and brown speckles, and measured . Some horses develop pigmented reddish-brown speckles on an otherwise white hair coat. The cactus wren's coloration is brown with white speckles. The clutch is typically 4-6 eggs, which are whitish with reddish-brown speckles. Male hatchlings are grey with blue speckles, and female hatchlings are pale brown. The rump and upper tail coverts are grey with speckles and irregular bands of brown. Additionally there are darker brown black speckles along the entire surface of the fish. It is light green with light, brown speckles. The belly is mostly white with brown speckles. Their chest is white with brown or black speckles. Salt-and-pepper speckles, especially in adult specimens, are seen on the dorsal scales. The normal wild type animal is brown/tan with gold speckles and an olive undertone.