I asked Lee himself last year at Daytona as to "why" he called his "ULTRA" hypos, and he told me that he didn't want to step on Mike Falcon's toe's by selling similar looking animals just a few tables down from Mike and call them "extremes", since Mike was the originator of the "Extreme" line. I also asked Mike Falcon if Lee bought his animals directly from him, and he said that he did not, but on the other hand, they could very well be(and likely are) Falcon line animals bought by Lee from another source, I wish I would have thought to ask Lee about that at the time I was talking to him.

Also, from what I gathered, he labeled them "Ultra Hypo's" because some weren't quite light enough to be technically called extremes, as in many other extreme clutches,which is what Shannon was talking about, and I also agree that the name "Ultra Hypo" is quite fitting for animals that are exceptionally light, but maybe not quite light enough to wear the name "extreme". Common sense would dictate that at some point, if an animal's coloration is no longer quite extreme, and the animals display melanin bands that get darker and darker, i.e. further away from "extreme", at some point it is no longer an "extreme", and would have to then become something else, but at exactly what shade of gray does this take place?. Well, this is where it becomes a "judgement call", and could be called different things by different people depending on who you ask, and in what type of light someone is looking at the animal in. Animals on either opposing side of the spectrum are very easy to classify, but the animals that are far superior and lighter than normal hypo's, yet aren't quite light enough to be truly considered "extreme" hypos, I think are best described as being "ultra-light" hypos as Shannon has already mentioned, or even the shortened version "Ultra Hypos" as Lee labeled his. I tend to think that Shannon and Lee's conversation regarding the "Ultra" name was probably the reason he labeled them as such,.....and in my opinion, is a very accurate name for them.

Mike said that he considers this one pictured from Lee an extreme, albeit certainly not the lightest out there. One thing I DID notice about Lee's, was the fact that they have(at least the ones I saw) some very intense complimenting band colors of reddish orange, and tangerine orange that I thought was VERY striking!

Anyhoo, whatever the case is, and whatever name they might be called, I think they are pretty darn sweet. I don't think there's much debate about that part..


best regards, ~Doug

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