Need a little help identifying this guy

[Wiz2389]

I was told he was a mack snow lavender stripe from a well known breeder but not sure he is I kno he has lavender in him but not sure hes a stripe. let me kno what you think.

 

[bfb345]

I'm definetly seeing some lavender influence not sure though

 

[DrCarrotTail]

I would call it a high yellow hypo. I think the lavender will fill in with color as he grows.

 

[Wiz2389]

defenitly not high yellow hypo I was even told on other forum that there was some carrot tail in him but I don't know very difficult to tell!

 

[Wiz2389]

is there any way he could be a mack snow lavender stripe but just has not develop the strip yet he is 38grams last time he was checked

 

[DrCarrotTail]

The carrot tail refers to the orange color on their tail. It's not really a morph but a line bred trait. In order to call it a carrot tail I think its generally thought that the gecko should have a tail that's at least 15% orange from the base (at least according to the wiki). He definitely has some orange on his tail but a lot of normal colored leos do.

 

[DrCarrotTail]

I haven't seen any snows with carroting on their tails so I would say no. I'm not a snow expert though Bold stripes start to develop from the day their hatched. You can tell by the pattern on them then (or so I've seen). I've never heard of a stripe developing later and I would assume your guy is close to his adult color.

 

[Wiz2389]

ok so what should I call this guy do you think theres a chance of him actually being a mack snow lavender stripe like I was told?

 

[DrCarrotTail]

Here's where I'm coming from: http://geckoforums.net/f125-morphs-genetics/59392.htm

Not sure there's any definitive answer for you if the experts can't agree in that post.

 

[DrCarrotTail]

I would say he can't be a mack snow lavender stripe based on his lack of stripe and his tail color but maybe someone else can chime in?

From what I understand the normal colored lavenders (as opposed to albino lavenders) stem from a line from JMG. In order to truly call something a lavender is has to come from that line but lots of people call young geckos that show a bit of purple color lavender because it seems to fit.

 

[Wiz2389]

just not sure

 

[Wiz2389]

i got him from a family member who got him from underground reptiles and underground reptiles had his line as mack snow lavender strip and from what i heard underground reptiles is a great breeder of leoperds but mistakes do happen was just wondering cuz he is lacking strip but has plenty of lavender in him

 

[Wiz2389]

leopards***

 

[yellermelon]

Visually it looks like what I would call a high yellow