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armiyana
at Fri Aug 15 19:48:10 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by armiyana ]
Carrot tail is a line bred trait. It's just like tangerine and high yellow. There is no 'het' babies like there would be with a recessive gene.
And the orange on the tail doesn't mean that it's carrot tail or has any carrot tail genes. Orange occurs naturally on the base of the tail, even in normal leopard geckos or wild caught leopard geckos.
The definition of a tangerine leopard gecko stated they must have 'orange pigment anterior to the tail base' meaning orange color forward of the tail base. This was published in the leopard gecko manual. That's from 1998. Carrot tails are a relativly new morph acheived through line breeding parents that Hine obtained from the wild.I think they were established around 200 or so...I may be wrong on that.
This actually a pretty interesting topic. But just cause the orange is there doesn't mean it's related to a carrot tail.
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RE: OOh..sorry - armiyana, Fri Aug 15 19:48:10 2003