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Hello,

What do you have to breed together to produce a scaless
bearded dragon
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sounds like you mean whats called a silkback....you have to breed 2 italian leatherbacks together to produce that...from what ive been told they are pretty delicate though..high mortality rate...and they have special needs...you have to increase the humidity for them and put lotion on them as well... i got the chance to touch one at a reptile show this past saturday...they are really weird..feels like a baby's skin...looks like they have shedding issues to me as well
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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)

I believe leatherback/scaleless trait is recessive...though I think there is a line that's co-dom as well. From what I understand most breeders of the scaleless mutation breed hets together or have a male leatherback bred to a normal or het female...Because of the lack of scales, the teeth/claws of the male can really tear up the female if she's scaleless.
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PHLdyPayne

Forum Princess

The American and Italian leatherbacks are basically a visual het for scaleless. You get the same ratios as you would breeding 2 het trans(or two het hypos) together.

Het trans x het trans = 25% trans, 50% hets(normal), 25% non het(normal)

Het trans x trans = 50% trans, 50% hets(normal)

trans x trans = 100% trans

leather x leather = 25% silk, 50% leather, 25% normal scaled

leather x silk = 50% leathers, 50% silk

silk x silk = 100% silk

Josh