what are the guidelines for whether a gecko is hypo or super hypo? Is it a spot count?
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hypo question
jwilliby
May 22, 2003 05:11 PM
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kikoalex
May 22, 2003 06:04 PM
Super hypo is when a gecko is genetically not a patternless, but has no or 1 or 2 spots on the body. They would have an otherwise spotted tail and head. Hypo is simply a way of saying reduced pattern, or less spots than a normal gecko.
ROI3IN
May 22, 2003 06:39 PM
hypo by definition is the reduction of melanin or reduced black. meaning it could have small amounts of black spotting or brown spots. through selective line breeding supers have been made which the result is yellow or orange geckos with little or no body or heat spotting or patterning.
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Geckoheads And Geeks
jwilliby
May 22, 2003 06:52 PM
I just wondered if there was any set criteria for naming something as hypo versus not(like number of body spots as a cutoff point).
embibble
May 22, 2003 07:13 PM
Hypo is actually a shortened term. It means Hypo-melinistic (not quite sure of the spelling) like R013IN said meaing reduced melinen or dark coloring. Hypo simply means a leopard with less spots. There isn't really a number that I know of because 'hypo' geckos usually still have many spots.
