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Do you think she is a high or hypo yellow. Can I have some input onto what people define as hypo yellow vs. high yellow. Thanks a lot.

Hypo. Many times geckos that are nice (tang, and hi-yellow even) are also hypo.

She's definitely a Hypo in my book...

As far are the difference between a hypo and a high yellow:

Hypo - No more than 10 body spots seems to be a common definition.

High Yellow - Simply refers to an increase in a yellow coloration when compared to a "normal".
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-Ross Payan - www.LeosAnonymous.com

Leos Anonymous

Red Striped Tangerines, Carrot Tails and Screaming Amel Fat-Tails

np
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~Melissa~

Ross,
i have this weird pet peave(?) about calling more spotty hypos ,high yellows. you see alot of animals advertised as high yellows when in fact you can tell it is the result of a hypo breeding. it isnt a true high yellow. but yet the same i see tangerine offspring listed as tangerines even though they are brown, now i understand they come from tang lines but they are not tangs themselves. i say advertise them fir what they are.. nice geckos from either tang or hypo lines.
to me the amount of spots dont make it hypo or not to me its the reduction of black. however spots may make a difference between super hypo and hypo.
i just wanted to see what you thought-robin
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-robin day
Geckoheads And Geeks

Especially with tangerines... I see so many tangerines out there that look butt ugly, and are no more than normal in my book, but the sellers will label them "tangerine" to try and squeeze a few more dollars out of the buyer. Definitely hurts the tangerine name, being mis-represented to this extent.

As far as ways to classify hypo, superhypo, etc... I dont really know any concrete definition.

The "old school" terms were:

Hypo - no more than 10 body spots
Super Hypo - no body spots
Baldy - no head spots

To bad there isn't some kind of official "Leopard Gecko Dictionary" or something, lol.

But I definitely hear were you are coming from Robin.
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-Ross Payan - www.LeosAnonymous.com

Leos Anonymous

Red Striped Tangerines, Carrot Tails and Screaming Amel Fat-Tails

I have to disagree because now-a-days breeders like yourself are producing such amazing animals that the standards should be raised. I see many breeders marking their geckos as hypo when they clearly have no body spots, just a lot of head spots. I see people marking what would be hypo (going by the less then 10 spots) as high yellow. I know that there are still a some who go by the origional rules, but it seems to be an increasing trend to raise the standards on what defines these line-bred morphs.
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Bradley Baquial

I have to agree with you that the standards have been raised... the quality of the leopard geckos produced gets better and better each year, but I think the original definitions still cover anything you will run across in terms of spotting.

Hypo - greatly reducced body spotting, usually no more than 10.

Super Hypo - no body spotting

Baldy - no head spotting, usually no spotting at all

The problem with line bred traits is that since they are not simple recessives it is very hard to have concrete definitions.
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-Ross Payan - www.LeosAnonymous.com

Leos Anonymous

Red Striped Tangerines, Carrot Tails and Screaming Amel Fat-Tails

Thanks for the help. I just wasn't sure.

She needs to hook up with this guy.