Just a question regarding Enigmas ??

[Gazz]

I know it's early days and thin ice and somtimes hard to tell but will ever one just call a enigma a enigma ?? two of kelli's enigmas one has a banded leo pattern and another has a has a striped/jungle thing going on just interested to know if people have a enigma has a pattern you'd call a jungle or stripe would you call it as such jungle enigma-striped enigma or would you throw them all in the same box ? only having enigmas and red eyed enigmas.

enigma looks pretty much a normal banded pattern.
http://www.geckoforums.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2209&cat=2


red eyed jungle enigma ??.
http://www.geckoforums.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2208&cat=2

 

[KelliH]

Well, technically the first one you linked to is a Super Hypo Tang Enigma, the second one is more of a normal patterned one with some tang highlights. It's not really a jungle IMO.

Once more are produced I am sure they will be broken down into more categories based on color/pattern, but right now due to the rarity they have not been.

 

[Gregg M]

I know it's early days and thin ice and somtimes hard to tell but will ever one just call a enigma a enigma ?? two of kelli's enigmas one has a banded leo pattern and another has a has a striped/jungle thing going on just interested to know if people have a enigma has a pattern you'd call a jungle or stripe would you call it as such jungle enigma-striped enigma or would you throw them all in the same box ? only having enigmas and red eyed enigmas.

An Enigma will always be called an Enigma... I see no harm is mentioning the type of pattern it has... ie; a patternless enigma, tangerine enigma, and so on...

I just think that the genetics should be known in order to start putting a name before Enigma... For instance, all of the Enigmas being sold as of now are all straight from Mark Bell so no one really knows what these Enigmas were outcrossed with or if they have been outcrossed at all by Bell.... The reasons for the variety of pattern is still not known... Why are some spotted and why are some patternless??? Why do some have tangerine and some are whitish/grey??? No one knows why at this point...

So unless we know what the outcross is exactly and what is responsible for the variable patterning and coloration, it might be best to leave them as Enigmas at this point...

But, this is just my humble opinion...