Guesses on these guys?

[subnix]

Got these guys about a year ago, and I dont feel exactly sold on what exactly they say they were. The male on top is apparently a bell sunglow, and the female on bottom is a carrot tail sunglow (which from my reasearch doesnt even exist) she looks more like a hypo tangerine to me. Anybody with experience what do you think they are?

Link: http://i.imgur.com/JmelGMK.jpg

 

[acpart]

Welcome to GF!

As far as I know, "Sunglow" refers to a super hypo tangerine albino. The top gecko does look like a sunglow. If you had her as a hatchling, was she banded or jungle/striped? I ask because if she were jungle/striped, she'd more accurately be a Bell patternless stripe.
The second gecko is not an albino, so she can't be a sunglow. I don't think there's enough orange in her tail to qualify her as a carrot tail either. I can see one body spot. You could probably get away with calling her a super hypo tangerine (with a paradox spot, though paradox spots are usually a little bigger), or you could call her a hypo tangerine.

Aliza

 

[subnix]

Welcome to GF!

As far as I know, "Sunglow" refers to a super hypo tangerine albino. The top gecko does look like a sunglow. If you had her as a hatchling, was she banded or jungle/striped? I ask because if she were jungle/striped, she'd more accurately be a Bell patternless stripe.
The second gecko is not an albino, so she can't be a sunglow. I don't think there's enough orange in her tail to qualify her as a carrot tail either. I can see one body spot. You could probably get away with calling her a super hypo tangerine (with a paradox spot, though paradox spots are usually a little bigger), or you could call her a hypo tangerine.

Aliza

Thank you! The top is a male, and the bottom is a female, sorry if I confused that. Anyway, I purchased the top one when he was already almost a year old, so there is no telling. He does appear to be sunglow, but the strain of albinism he has will be a mystery forever I assume from what you told me. My girl on the bottom, I think I will just call a hypo tangerine now. Its a shame that some of these "breeders" at expos advertise certain animals something they are not. I agree that I would not even begin to classify her as a CT in any way because many leos have a tiny bit of orange at the base,and these days CT has been distinctly established in good lines, and she does have that tiny little paradox spot, that does make her fairly unique in her own right. Thanks for the reply I feel more educated now, as well as more warry about buying from these no name mickey mouse operation breeders.

 

[acpart]

A breeder should know not only what the morph of the gecko s/he is selling is called, but also what the parents are, especially if they produced them. On the other hand there are breeders who don't know what their geckos are and, if they're reputable, they're selling them as "pet only".

Aliza