what phase? i think i was told is was a tang, but to me it looks like a superhypo tang carrot tail, mayb
annd is this one jsut an albino, or a rainwater? or neither, if neither please tell me what phase it is
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back2blaque
Nov 23, 2004 12:17 AM
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marla
Nov 23, 2004 01:06 AM
i can't remember the technical definition of a super hypo (versus a hypo), but i think it may be that a super hypo has 10 spots or less on its torso. the definition of a 'tang' is arbitrary, but your gecko looks tang to me.
with the other one, it looks albino to me for sure. rainwater, tremper, and bell are the three strains of albino, and it's not truly possible to definitively tell what strain an albino is, based solely on appearance. to know for sure, you'd have to either know it's genetic background (ask the breeder), or breed it to albinos of each of the three strains & see which pairings produced albinos.
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marla
currently: 0.0.9 catfish, 0.1 ferrets, 2.8.3 leopard geckoes, 0.0.13 oriental fire-bellied toads, and 0.2.0 sugar gliders
milwaukeereptile
Nov 23, 2004 01:11 AM
>>i can't remember the technical definition of a super hypo (versus a hypo), but i think it may be that a super hypo has 10 spots or less on its torso. the definition of a 'tang' is arbitrary, but your gecko looks tang to me.
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>>with the other one, it looks albino to me for sure. rainwater, tremper, and bell are the three strains of albino, and it's not truly possible to definitively tell what strain an albino is, based solely on appearance. to know for sure, you'd have to either know it's genetic background (ask the breeder), or breed it to albinos of each of the three strains & see which pairings produced albinos.
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>>marla
>>currently: 0.0.9 catfish, 0.1 ferrets, 2.8.3 leopard geckoes, 0.0.13 oriental fire-bellied toads, and 0.2.0 sugar gliders
The definition I've seen is no spots - 1 spot = super hypo, 2-10 spots = hypo.
Does look like a tang, and I wouldn't call it a carrot-tail since the carrot it not solid for 10% of the tail. It does have some nice coloration though, and it could probably throw super hypos if paired correctly.
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Brian Skibinski
Brian@MilwaukeeReptiles.com
www.MilwaukeeReptiles.com
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