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« on: March 10, 2010, 10:01:38 PM » |
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I just found out there are different types of beardies, never occured to me I guess  I was wondering if anyone could tell me what kind mine is? Heres a pic of him  Thanks [attachment expired] |
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« on: March 10, 2010, 10:01:38 PM » |
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BoogiesMom
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« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2010, 10:24:48 PM » |
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The only way to really know is if you know where he came from and ask the breeder. Mine looks similar in color to yours and he is just a petstore baby. But I love his just the way he is... lol
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julesfamily
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« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2010, 10:46:13 PM » |
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If we can't tell by looking, what's the point of having different kinds? What's special if not the phenotype?
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« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2010, 11:42:53 PM » |
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Dragons have been bred for color by so many people, and given so many different names, that it's just not possible to visually figure out what morph they are now. Only visual morphs - specific traits like trans or hypo - can be determined just by looking.
The point of having different "kinds" is that they're all beautiful and make wonderful pets. Their colors only add to the beauty of the animals.
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julesfamily
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« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2010, 12:19:55 AM » |
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I'm still confused. Take horses. There are rare colors and rare patterns and even rare conformation that people have bred for. 99% of the time you can tell at a glance exactly what you're looking at (an Arabian vs a Clydesdale, an Appaloosa vs a Paint). If it just looks like a brown horse then it's not of the special or rare variety. So how does it work in Beardies? You have the 'just a brown horse' kind and then you have the citrus, sunbursts, silkies, etc... But you know a citrus when you see one, right?
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« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2010, 12:26:01 AM » |
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I actually breed horses  I only know a little about beardie morphs though. BP, and retic morphs... THATS a different story! Not intrested in breeding my dragon. He's just my cute little funny guy. Is he adorable or what?!  |
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« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2010, 09:55:31 AM » |
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When in terms of breeding horses (correct me if im wrong) you can tell the difference from a clydesdale and an arabian because they are a different species of horse but in terms of beardies, the color and mutation morphs are still of the same species of beardie (pogona vitticeps) the color morphs are so out of hand that honestly the name dont mean squat anymore and only the physical mutations like silkbacks and translucents can be differed between any other dragon. There are different beardie species that you can tell the difference between like the pogona mitchelli and pogona barbatta and THAT would be like identifying a arabian from a clydesdale.
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« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2010, 10:19:50 AM » |
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What Candice said.
Leatherback, silkback, Translucents, hypos. These are morphs that you can differenciate between at a glance.
everything else is simple color variation.
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« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2010, 11:00:56 AM » |
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nope, they are absolutely the same species. Wanna have your mind blown even more? A Clydesdale and a miniature horse are the same species! Now horse, donkey, zebra... those are different species.
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« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2010, 11:02:34 AM » |
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they arent even subspecies of each other?
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