The hue in that picture is a bit off, so I can't be sure what I'd call it. However, Creamsicles aren't hard to identify, so long as you aren't too creative about your definition of the colors orange and cream. If it's orange and cream in color, that would make it a creamsicle.

Unfortunately, the more people fall in love with the idea of an orange and cream ciliatus, the harder they try to see orange and cream in their own animals.

I agree that the naming convention we use is shaky at best, but the terms you used to describe your baby were redundant and contradictory to one another. I explained the specifics in my previous post.

Again, there was no offense intended, but I just wanted to clear that "creamsicle darkfire harlequin" thing up before more people became confused.


-Anthony

>>Anthony, I do have the new rhac book, but I feel that most of the patterning and coloration is a spectrum, rather than a dichotomy. I rarely see any agreement over the pattern names, even since the book hit shelves.
>>You're completely right that creamsicle was not the right term to use, I meant to use it to describe the coloring of the fire on the dorsum of the baby, not to imply that the gecko was orange as well. Tell me, however, what you would call this gecko.
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>>Best,
>>David
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• 11 th lil baby crested and question about hybridization - ike420, Wed Dec 22 18:22:06 2004
• Auriculatus x Ciliatus Hybrids and your "Creamsicle Darkfire Harlequin" - AnthonyCaponetto, Wed Dec 22 19:57:07 2004
• i agree - flamedcrestie, Wed Dec 22 21:25:36 2004
• response for Anthony - ike420, Thu Dec 23 20:05:26 2004
• RE: response for Anthony - AnthonyCaponetto, Thu Dec 23 22:55:16 2004
• about the hue of the picture - ike420, Fri Dec 24 15:23:04 2004
• RE: about the hue of the picture - AnthonyCaponetto, Fri Dec 24 17:51:58 2004
• And about the hybrid (also for Anthony) - ike420, Thu Dec 23 20:08:11 2004
• RE: And about the hybrid (also for Anthony) - nbemmer, Thu Dec 23 20:41:42 2004
• I have the book. It's a chahoua x ciliatus cross. n/p - AnthonyCaponetto, Thu Dec 23 22:56:04 2004