Cut throat TT debate (not for the weak of heart!)

I feel it is about time to set some standards on this. I can tell yellow from orange to red. So where do you think the lines should be drawn. I think they have out grown their descriptions which are far too broad and need to be classified differently with standards. I have emailed TUG to get a response from him on his opinion. It would be nice to hear from some of the top breeders about this. Like Kelli from Hiss, Marcia from Golden gate,Albey Fro Too Cool reptiles,Alberto from A&M,or any other long time breeder who is working with this morph.

Honestly you are taking this a little to seriously.They are not a morph, TT are just deeper orange sht/shtct, Craig decided his line needed a new name I suppose.
I have seen some that are the same color(or better) as UG line TT with no UG blood.

I think some people don't know all the terms for diferent morphs, they will learn. I didn't know all the morph terms when I first got into geckos it takes a little time to get it all strait. No point getting upset about it. Not like someone is selling something labeled wrong for huge price.

Sarah,

I agree with you. I think this is just Urban Gecko's way of highlighting the nicer specimens of their line of tangs. It's not a new morph, just a marketing strategy.

-Jackie

Ditto. It's pure marketing.

Also, I've yet to see ANY gecko I would call "red".

It seems to me like the various tang geckos "speak for themselves"...if the pics are accurate, that is. Most of us know what we like when we see it. Now when it comes to creating a new name...well, if you're good at marketing and you've got great looking geckos, I say go for it.

You were talking about classifing TT(ie UG line nice sht) seperatly from other sht/shtct at least in the title of this thread and in the other thread. I personally think There of just as nice and nicer sht/shtct's out there. Just look at the two kelli posted. Thats all that bothered me.

Seems like we have to many terms and names as it is, lol. No hard feelings it is hard to express some things in typeing at least for me anyway.

hehe....not a TT..two of my 04 hatchings

I think that there are already some tangerine classifications. There are separate lines of tangs. Hiss, Tug, Albey and Hines to name a few. The people that know what they are doing in this business will always understand that if you want quality, you have to pay for it. The people the are just looking for the cheapest animal that they can buy aren't the people that you want to buy from you.


As far as classifying the different shades of tangerines... it's a really nice thought but it would never work. Even if all the big names all used the same classifications, there would still be the same joe schmoe's that would call their animals the same thing trying to make a buck. You'll see there will be a ton of "tangerine tornado's" for sale next year. Most of the animals for sale under that classification will not even be from the same lineage. That is the way it goes.

OK maybe it is called a debate LOL But why a "cutthroat, not for weak of heart" one? Just didnt understand the point, for that title.

I understand you Brian, its just we allready have, like Jeremy said "brand names". And there allready is a "star rating" (number of stars) being used. Then there is like I said an A, B, C, D,-type rating. So why confuse things?

Then there will be even more things for newbies on KS to get tore a new one for asking LOL LOL

This is just showing one of the females pictured above with some others. Top middle female is the one from the picture above, left female is a holdback from 04, right female is a I got from Robert Lee. He called her a tang tornado so I named her "Dorothy".f

This pic was snapped real quick outside. It shows their true color much better than inside pics with flash.

I agree it was just craigs way of marketing. By using a different name for a better quality of a already existing morph it would catch peoples eye. Judging by this thread it caught somebody's eye...lol