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[acpart]

"PRS can hatch so many different ways, and "start out" as just about any pattern. Like the full "Reverse Stripe" above, that now only has one or two spots. They can start out with or without a pattern, and they can change quite a bit as they grow, just like the Aptors.

I`ll say it may end up as a PRS, because that is pretty bold striping. As you know it may break up into many tiny dots, or "dissapear", over time.

It looks a little more like a Reverse Stripe/Jungle, but that is how alot of mine have hatched.

This gecko below is a good example of a PRS. He is actually one of the first PRS produced from our Red Stripe X Reverse Stripe Albino project. He hatched w/ a Jungle/Reverse Stripe/Striped pattern, and then look how he matured."
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So what you're saying, is that even if a striped gecko starts out with a recognizeable pattern as a hatchling, but then as it matures becomes essentially "hypo" or "superhypo" you could call it a PRS. What is confusing to me is that if a hypo/superhypo stripe later develops spots (like the male I posted above) that look like a pattern (like a row of spots down its back) it's still considered to be a PRS as far as I know. Do you think that's because the term PRS is used very imprecisely, or would any gecko that's had a "patternless" look at any point in its development be called a PRS?

Aliza

 

[GroovyGeckos.com]

No, only geckos from the R/Aptor, Patternless Stripe, and crossed projects are going to produce "Patternless". So not any Stripe is going to do that, it would just be a Stripe, or "Rainbow", if from striped lines.

"Patternless" was Rons term for it, but even in his project they do not all fit that description perfectly. There really are not very many Aptors that were "Patternless" either, it is just a name for the new "pattern" that popped up.

"Patternless Stripe" was Alberto`s term, and those came from breeding Red Stripes to Reverse Stripe Albinos. We did the same project around the same time, and I went with Alberto`s name for them. I do think that "Patternless Stripe" fits the description better, but what can you say, every gecko is going to be different, same as with the Aptor project.

"Patternless Stripe" can be an aberrant Reverse Stripe, Stripe, or Jungle, is what I am saying. Look at Ron`s Aptors(again) and you may notice there are alot of Reverse Stripe type markings. As much as they may look like Reverse Stripes, they are actually "Patternless" or "Patternless Striped". Some start out fully striped, and that fades away into a few dots, sometimes it breaks up into many dots that form a stripe, and some of them start out with two or three small dots down the center of the back. Every one is different just about, not like a Stripe, Some of them if you look are striped, AND reverse Striped, etc. but there is alot of variation.

 

[acpart]

Thanks, that's somewhat helpful.

Aliza