Well, there is a problem with the color wheel attempt here in the hognose world, because a certain breeder feels that he owns the rights to several of our most common colors used world wide.

I too have seen the recent ad and had a good laugh at it!

Here's my thought on this, why cater to someone who is throwing a tempter tantrum? By coming up with different names to simply identify the same color and/or pattern, we are only confusing the market even this much more. It's the same with the Hypo/Tpos and Anerythristic/Axanthic as these can be a bit more subjective since they are actual genetic terms that we (at this time) have no real means to securely identify. Every time we create different terms to identify the same characteristic will only confuse and hurt our market and credibility IMHO. I can just see someone new getting into hognose that gets a "purple" and then decides to get a "maroon" and try to create a different color by mixing the two. The same goes for the other problematic names too. While it might sound trivial to those of us who know that some of these different names refer to the same type of animal, others might not be so savvy and end up misrepresenting what they are working with.

My suggestion is this, keep using the already used common terms. Who cares if said individual has an inferiority complex and wants to believe that they dominate and control every aspect of the hognose market? After all, the majority of us pretty much know the history of who's produced and created specific animals regardless of who is producing and selling them now.
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Troy Rexroth
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