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So what exactly defines the difference between a super hypo tangerine and a hypo tangerine? Is it the spots or the bands?

I know this girl is Hypo Tang, but is she Super Hypo Tang?
The picture is a little off so i'll spell it out for you. No spots on the body (only head and tail) faint purpleish bands along the body.

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1.0 African Fat-tailed Gecko (Mike)
0.1 Leopard Gecko (hypo tangrine - Autumn)
1.1 Red Ear Slider (Dirk The Daring and Iria)

IMO, a hypo is simply a leopard gecko with reduced spotting. Some also call leos with reduced black color (ie. the spots are very light colored) hypos. A super hypo would be a leo with extremely reduced spotting, or no body spots at all.
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Kelli Hammack
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Your leo is most certainly a super hypo.
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Kelli Hammack
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Alright, ty you all for your responces.
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1.0 African Fat-tailed Gecko (Mike)
0.1 Leopard Gecko (super hypo tang - Autumn)
1.1 Red Ear Slider (Dirk The Daring and Iria)

>>So what exactly defines the difference between a super hypo tangerine and a hypo tangerine? Is it the spots or the bands?
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In nut shell .

Hypo=spots on head/some spots on body/spots on tail onless over come by carrot tail.

Super hypo=spots on head/NO spots on body/spots on tail onless over come by carrot tail.

Super hypo baldy=NO spots on head/No spots on body/spots on tail onless over come by carrot tail.

hypo types more of a yellow color and hypo tangerine types more of a orange color.

Well, you already got the definition according to what's accepted within the Leopard Gecko Community, but I'll give you the true genetic definition of what a "Hypo" and "Super Hypo" are.

"Hypo" is short for hypomelanistic. Hypomelanistic means that the animal has a reduced amount of black pigment(melanin)to varying degrees. Now I'm not too familiar with Leopard gecko morphs, but by saying "Super Hypo" most would take it as saying that this is a Co-Dominant trait (hets are visibly intermediate between a "Normal" and the "Super/Homozygous" form). If this is in fact the case with the "Hypo" morph in Leopards then you're animal should be showing a slightly reduced amount of black if it is a het/hypo, and little to none if it is indeed a super.

The only true way to prove whether or not the animal is a super, is 1) to breed the animal to a normal, if you produce 100% hypos, then it is a "Super", if it produces roughly 50%, then it is a "het/hypo". 2) if you know that the animal came from a Super X normal clutch, then it would definitely be a "Het/Hypo", or if you knew it came from a Super X Super clutch, then it would be a "Super" positively.

These are the only ways to determine 100% what the genetics of the animal are, but like it was said above, there are clues that can allow you to make a edumacated guess (pun intended).

-Dan