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Hi all, going to post my leos soon. As far a high yellows go what is the exact definition of one? I've read here that if they have spots on the hind legs they are not hy's. But in the gecko manual there is a photo of a hy that has spots on the back legs. Also, I'm seeing breeders sell hy's with spots. So what's the real high yellow? Spots on the back legs or no spots? And where are we finding the definition? Thanks everyone.

In my opinion a high-yellow is a leo that has reduced spotting and a brighter yellow(not quite a tang).

A highyellow will usually have no black streak across the femur as a newborn. It will have reduced spotting and a very intense yellow.

Leopard geckos' patterns change a lot as they mature. For example, super hypos are banded or striped or jungle or have the leucistic juvinile patterns as hatchlings. They eventually loose all opr most of their spots by the time they're adults and at that point, they are considered hypos.
Their colors can change in much the same way. A baby can hatch out yellow or orange or white (snow) but turn out to be completely different as an adult.
Someone once asked Ron Tremper if he could tell if a hatchling that looked yellow as a baby would keep the yellow as an adult. It was merely an OBSERVATION NOT A DEFINITION that the babies didn't have spots on their legs TENDED to keep their yellow as adults.
People over time who either could not read or had heard it from someone just as illiterate have passed it on as a definition of high yellow.
I can tell you just from my own experience and probably everyone else here that has owned a leopard gecko for any legnth of time, that this observation is only correct some of the time.
Basically, if it looks yellow as an adult, it's high yellow. Have you read "The Emperor's New Clothes"? Don't let people try to convince you that you don't see what you do see or you will end up standing on the side of the road looking foolish!

Leopard geckos' patterns change a lot as they mature. For example, super hypos are banded or striped or jungle or have the leucistic juvinile patterns as hatchlings. They eventually loose all opr most of their spots by the time they're adults and at that point, they are considered hypos.
Their colors can change in much the same way. A baby can hatch out yellow or orange or white (snow) but turn out to be completely different as an adult.
Someone once asked Ron Tremper if he could tell if a hatchling that looked yellow as a baby would keep the yellow as an adult. It was merely an OBSERVATION NOT A DEFINITION that the babies didn't have spots on their legs TENDED to keep their yellow as adults.
People over time who either could not read or had heard it from someone just as illiterate have passed it on as a definition of high yellow.
I can tell you just from my own experience and probably everyone else here that has owned a leopard gecko for any legnth of time, that this observation is only correct some of the time.
Basically, if it looks yellow as an adult, it's high yellow. Have you read "The Emperor's New Clothes"? Don't let people try to convince you that you don't see what you do see or you will end up standing on the side of the road looking foolish!

Leopard geckos' patterns change a lot as they mature. For example, super hypos are banded or striped or jungle or have the leucistic juvinile patterns as hatchlings. They eventually loose all opr most of their spots by the time they're adults and at that point, they are considered hypos.
Their colors can change in much the same way. A baby can hatch out yellow or orange or white (snow) but turn out to be completely different as an adult.
Someone once asked Ron Tremper if he could tell if a hatchling that looked yellow as a baby would keep the yellow as an adult. It was merely an OBSERVATION NOT A DEFINITION that the babies didn't have spots on their legs TENDED to keep their yellow as adults.
People over time who either could not read or had heard it from someone just as illiterate have passed it on as a definition of high yellow.
I can tell you just from my own experience and probably everyone else here that has owned a leopard gecko for any legnth of time, that this observation is only correct some of the time.
Basically, if it looks yellow as an adult, it's high yellow. Have you read "The Emperor's New Clothes"? Don't let people try to convince you that you don't see what you do see or you will end up standing on the side of the road looking foolish!