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Is is like a Sunburst? I recently got a 7 month old female Sunrise x red/gold sandfire and I know the breeder made up that name but he couldn't explain the color to me. At this point she is very light. showing some yellows and maybe orange on hr head but not much, So if anyone can send me a picture of an adult that would be great or a description. I only saw the father and he just looks like a orange/ red coloration. Thanks,Deb

Here she is: Sundra

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Well a sunrise is when the sun appears in the morning in the eastern sky...just kidding

You mentioned that the breeder you bought the dragon from made up the morph name. I have never heard of a dragon morph of sunrise. Only one I have heard of are sunfire dragons which is a yellow-orange color. The Sunfire dragons, to my knowledge were named/bred by Sunfire Dragon ranch (or is it sunfire ranch?).

As the person you bought the dragon from named the morph, she/he should be able to describe what it should look like, or at least, show pictures of the parents to give an ideal what the babies would look like. If they cannot do this, then I wouldn't put much stock into it (unless the person you bought the dragon from, didn't actually create the morph, but was giving the name by who they bought the parents from).

As a last note, just because I haven't heard of a Sunrise morph dragon, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It could very well be out there and proven out. I just don't know all the morphs available, especially newer ones. Keep in mind though, that some people give whatever name to their dragons they want to, or think will increase their chance of selling it.
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PHLdyPayne

Heh I stand corrected. Was reading the post a few up from this one and saw that there indeed is a Sunrise morph of bearded dragons (told you I wasn't aware of all morphs out there). Just read Rick's response to the thread 'Origin of Bearded Dragon Morphs' or something like that. Anyway, Rick was nice enough to describe what a sunrise morph bearded dragon typically should look like and I will quote it here for you.

'a “sunrise” is a yellow dragon with orange highlights'

I would still read his post, quite interesting if you want to knowa bit more about the origins of the colored morphs of bearded dragons.
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PHLdyPayne