diablohogs
Hogaphile
someone in a recent thread mentioned that there are too many morph names being incorrectly tagged to aniamls. lets take a look.
snow: this is a combination of type A anery and amelanism (both reccesive traits). they are typically various shades of pink and white. what we call snow in leopard geckos should have been named anery or linebred anery since until recently all grayscale (anery looking) leopard geckos have been linebred from plain WT leopard geckos. there is currently a codominant variant of the snow (linebred anery) called a mac super snow. if this is combined with albino it would possibly produce what the rest of the reptile world refers to as snow.
these have red/pink eyes.
blizzard: a blizzard is a variation of a snow where type B anery (axanthic) replaces the type A anery (true anery). these are typically all white and have been line bred that way. basically they are a super snow.
these have red/pink eyes.
ghost: this is a combination of the anery (type a) and hypomelanistic morphs. strangely enough these animals are typically grayscale and in cornsnakes tend to have lavender and yellow pigment present. a ghost boa (red tail) or ghost honduran milk snake is a beautiful site indeed looking like the new mascot for the oakland raiders decked out in silver and black. in leopard geckos most muted (in color) hypo CTs are labeled this. here i thought a nice hypo carrottail was orange...lol.
these do not have red eyes.
leucistic: a nonpigmented and nonpatterned animal. typically pure white with black or blue eyes. i never understood why we call our patternless leos leucistic. it musta been like the first gold miner who found pyrite...lol.
albino: a complete absence in the production of melanin. lucky us we have 3 variants of albinism in leos. all considered t+ albinos. this is doubtful.
these have red eyes.
hypomelanistic: animals with a retardation in the production of melanin. this is a hard one in most species. often mistaken for t+ albinos or vice versa. there are multiple strains of hypomelanism in many species of reptile including red tail boas, hondurans, ball pythons, hognose and bearded dragons.
hybino/sunglow: this is a combination of amelanism (albinism) and hypomelanism. typically very orange with no black and red eyes. i.m.o. the nicest combination of morphs available in red tails, corn snakes and yes... leopard geckos (a.k.a. hyglo, super tangerine, aptor ect..).
patternless: this is when an animal is lacking any identifyable pattern (i.g. banded, striped, jungle ect..). ive only seen this morph in gopher snakes and leopard geckos.
i better stop for now, this is taking alot longer than i had guessed. well theres some food for thought. it really seems to me that if we, as gecko breeders, stuck to the formula and kept it simple things would be alot less confusing. maybe its not too late.
snow: this is a combination of type A anery and amelanism (both reccesive traits). they are typically various shades of pink and white. what we call snow in leopard geckos should have been named anery or linebred anery since until recently all grayscale (anery looking) leopard geckos have been linebred from plain WT leopard geckos. there is currently a codominant variant of the snow (linebred anery) called a mac super snow. if this is combined with albino it would possibly produce what the rest of the reptile world refers to as snow.
these have red/pink eyes.
blizzard: a blizzard is a variation of a snow where type B anery (axanthic) replaces the type A anery (true anery). these are typically all white and have been line bred that way. basically they are a super snow.
these have red/pink eyes.
ghost: this is a combination of the anery (type a) and hypomelanistic morphs. strangely enough these animals are typically grayscale and in cornsnakes tend to have lavender and yellow pigment present. a ghost boa (red tail) or ghost honduran milk snake is a beautiful site indeed looking like the new mascot for the oakland raiders decked out in silver and black. in leopard geckos most muted (in color) hypo CTs are labeled this. here i thought a nice hypo carrottail was orange...lol.
these do not have red eyes.
leucistic: a nonpigmented and nonpatterned animal. typically pure white with black or blue eyes. i never understood why we call our patternless leos leucistic. it musta been like the first gold miner who found pyrite...lol.
albino: a complete absence in the production of melanin. lucky us we have 3 variants of albinism in leos. all considered t+ albinos. this is doubtful.
these have red eyes.
hypomelanistic: animals with a retardation in the production of melanin. this is a hard one in most species. often mistaken for t+ albinos or vice versa. there are multiple strains of hypomelanism in many species of reptile including red tail boas, hondurans, ball pythons, hognose and bearded dragons.
hybino/sunglow: this is a combination of amelanism (albinism) and hypomelanism. typically very orange with no black and red eyes. i.m.o. the nicest combination of morphs available in red tails, corn snakes and yes... leopard geckos (a.k.a. hyglo, super tangerine, aptor ect..).
patternless: this is when an animal is lacking any identifyable pattern (i.g. banded, striped, jungle ect..). ive only seen this morph in gopher snakes and leopard geckos.
i better stop for now, this is taking alot longer than i had guessed. well theres some food for thought. it really seems to me that if we, as gecko breeders, stuck to the formula and kept it simple things would be alot less confusing. maybe its not too late.
