HYCT??

[capergeo]

This is Markus, the first of many Leopard Geckos my wife and I intend to care for. We were told he is a 4 month old High Yellow Carrot Tail that we obtained from a local breeder here in Sydney, Cape Breton. I was wondering if anyone can confirm that he is indeed the morph type that was mentioned.

Thanks, Geo

 

[GeckoGarage]

I would say hypo carrot tail, i really like the colour of yellow on it

 

[capergeo]

Thanks. Is there a specific term regarding the type of eyes he has?

 

[fuzzylogix]

he has normal eyes, but not so sure about being considered a carrot tail. different people have different thoughts on what constitutes a true carrot tail. i would say more than 50% of the tail, some would say 30% of the tail. its all preference actually. i would call your gecko just a really nice hypo normal.

 

[capergeo]

Thanks. So he is a Hypo Normal, Hypo Tangerine, Hypo High Yellow, etc etc? The breeder insists that it is a High Yellow Carrot Tail with some Tangerine in its lineage. I am new to this and I find being able to distinguish the differences between some of them a bit confusing.

 

[TokayKeeper]

I'm with Shawn...looks like a great example of an old school, classic hypo, though I'm leaning towards hypo tangerine. He reminds me of tangerines from the late 90s to early 2000s, before the craze of the Ray Hine carrot-tails. It's awesome to see such a great, classic example amid all the super hypo tangerine baldy carrot-tails floating about now.

 

[roger]

Thanks. So he is a Hypo Normal, Hypo Tangerine, Hypo High Yellow, etc etc? The breeder insists that it is a High Yellow Carrot Tail with some Tangerine in its lineage. I am new to this and I find being able to distinguish the differences between some of them a bit confusing.

There is no way thats a carrottail

 

[capergeo]

So is it somewhat safe to say he is most likely a classic Hypo Tangerine Leopard Gecko?

 

[TokayKeeper]

I'd say so, and not a darn thing wrong with it in my opinion. At 4 months, he's showing to be a fine example and an overall great looking gecko. I'm honestly a little jealous, not too easy to locate hypo tangs like that much anymore. I scored a nice female at a recent expo, but it'd taken me months of looking even on-line to locate an animal I'd wind up finding in person at a show.

 

[capergeo]

Thanks. I am located in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. The breeder we obtained him from says that he has been "line bred" to look like this. I saw one of his brothers who was more or less the same but with a little more yellow rather then orange. From what I know this morph type is common in the area with the few people here who are interested in them, maybe because not a lot of morphs have been imported here. It seems like while the rest of the world has jumped ahead in their development of morphs, here the preference is the earlier types although that is just a guess on my part.

 

[KelliH]

I'd call him a Hypo Tangerine.

 

[capergeo]

Thanks, then I shall consider the matter solved.

 

[capergeo]

Just an fyi - I noticed when I checked Markus this morning that overnight he started to shed. From the exposed head area it appears that his colors are going to be more intense. I will include photos after the process is complete.

 

[smsararas2]

They always look the best right after a shed!!!

 

[WulfSC]

I'm with Kelli, I'd call it a Hypo Tangerine. Very nice Leo, nonetheless. Looks happy and healthy.

 

[uhxxLeah]

Im going to vote for tangerine hypo (not enough orange for a CT).

xoLeah

 

[Adirondackgeckos]

I think he is just stunning!! Just love the colors.

 

[capergeo]

Well, Markus just finished his second shedding since we got him and starting posting here in the forum. It appears that the yellow and orange is battling it out. On the sides of his body he seems stronger in the yellow coloration but on top it is more orange. Also some of the spotting seems to be slowly vanishing and he has a odd greenish hue around the area of his eyes coming through. I apologize for the photo quality - cellphone!