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Morph Encyclopedia?

Darkenism Dec 12, 2010 08:10 PM

ID like to see a picture encyclopedia of Bearded Dragon morphs with info and descriptions...like this vmsherp site for leos:

http://www.vmsherp.com/ViewLeopards.htm

there are so many bloodlines out there its hard for the novice to keep up... so does one exist? or do I have to get started on making one?
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Bearded Dragons(1.2 orange, 0.2 red, 1.1 citrus mix)
Uromastyx(2.3.9 saharan/nigerian and 1.1 philbyi)
Box Turtles(5.10 yellow and orange easterns)
Gargoyle Geckos(0.1 red retic, 1.0 normal)
Frilled Dragon
Leopard Geckos(normal, red stripe, bell, vegas, jungle)

Replies (4)

PHLdyPayne Dec 13, 2010 10:34 AM

None exist as far as I know. Its very difficult to have a complete list of morphs for any species due to constant changes and new morphs being developed. Though bearded dragons don't have the variety of morphs as say, ball pythons, it wouldn't be as extensive. However some morphs are not really mentioned anymore, and many are so mixed up its hard to figure out end results.

Then there is the confusion of names...often produced by dedicated breeders selectively breeding for specific traits which may not inherit as simple recessive...like picking the reddest dragons and breeding them together, selecting the reddest offspring and bringing them to other very red dragons to produce better odds in having more red in the offspring. But if you take a nice red dragon several generations later and breed it to a normal, then even if you breed the offspring together or back to one of the parents, you aren't likely to get the same level of red as the parents....so its not a simple recessive type trait.

Dragons do have simple recessive morphs...hypos are for one...(though not sure if hypos are the same as pastels..) Leatherbacks seem to be both recessive and dominate...depending if Italian or American...unless I am just confused about that trait...Translucents seem to be recessive...if I remember correctly...

The other odd morphs, like Chris Allen reds (which I believe are just selective bred...taking really red dragons and breeding them to other non related red dragons etc.) I don't know if they are recessive or just some incomplete recessive type trait. There are some names for morphs that seem to have been changed...or just not produced anymore..like snows...which were very white...I would even say leucistic, in appearance.

The Bearded Dragon Manual may help with tracking down breeders of some of the original morphs for dragons... but even then, it will be alot of work to come up with a list of morphs and who created them, then getting pictures to show good examples.
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PHLdyPayne

Forum Princess

Darkenism Dec 13, 2010 12:21 PM

I guess the best way to start is to make the gallery with the purebreds and most well known morphs first...and then i can do crosses later...ive already started collecting pictures...if i can get it off the ground itd be cool to have it like wikipedia, where more knowledgable breeders can write in/elaborate on the article space about the morph thats pictured
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Bearded Dragons(1.2 orange, 0.2 red, 1.1 citrus mix)
Uromastyx(2.3.9 saharan/nigerian and 1.1 philbyi)
Box Turtles(5.10 yellow and orange easterns)
Gargoyle Geckos(0.1 red retic, 1.0 normal)
Frilled Dragon
Leopard Geckos(normal, red stripe, bell, vegas, jungle)

pdragon1 Dec 31, 2010 03:41 PM

It's in the works.
Josh

darkenism Jan 02, 2011 01:05 PM

sweet...cant wait to see it
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Bearded Dragons(1.2 orange, 0.2 red, 1.1 citrus mix)
Uromastyx(2.3.9 saharan/nigerian and 1.1 philbyi)
Box Turtles(5.10 yellow and orange easterns)
Gargoyle Geckos(0.1 red retic, 1.0 normal)
Frilled Dragon
Leopard Geckos(normal, red stripe, bell, vegas, jungle)

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