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chrish
at Wed Jun 17 12:01:27 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by chrish ]
I don't know enough about computers to put a site together myself.
As for defining a morph, I guess as a comunity we could come up with criteria that we can agree on. I think a morph is a color and or pattern that is easily distinguishable from any other and has proven genetic heritability pattern.
What do you guys think?
I think these are all great ideas. The problem is that somebody has to do the "legwork". You wouldn't need any computer skills, just a willingness to find all the names/morphs. You might be able to find those by posting a RFI on each of the snake forums (you should probably get permission from KS to do it). People could respond with the morph names they know and you could compile them. You may run into some trouble where people suggest the names of morphs that probably don't warrant inclusion. That's why you need a good definition first.
If you were willing to find them all the morphs and make a list by species, I'm sure someone here would be willing to format your list in HTML and even get it posted. If you knew the addresses of photos, you could have the list link to them.
I think this is a good idea. I just don't have the time to collect all the morph names.
My morph definition would probably be something like yours -
"A morph is a heritable, definable and recognizable color or pattern anomaly which is clearly distinguishable from other color or pattern anomalies within the same species. The name for the morph should be the first name given and publicly disseminated."
Chris
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas
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RE: morph info - chrish, Wed Jun 17 12:01:27 2009