REALLY noob question

[LeopardLunatic]

What is a Hypo?

 

[rhino43grr]

reduced spots on the body.

 

[Ishtar]

And Super Hypo will be no spots.

Hypo is short for Hypomelanistic, lacking the dark pigments.

there are no dumb questions.

 

[malt_geckos]

I thought a super hypo could have up to 7? spots....Or some number of spots or less defines SH and some number of spots or more defines hypo?

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

The term "hypo" means lacking, or a deficiency of, while "Hyper" means an abundance of. The number of black spots on a 'hypo' leopard geckos is subjective. Back in the olden days when we thought we were setting the standards for todays morphs, a "hypo' was less than 9 body spots, and a 'super-hypo" had 3 or less.

I can't keep track of all the different criteria nowdays since some people like to set their own standards for this stuff.

 

[LeopardLunatic]

so im gonna take a wack at this and say this is a regular Hypo

and i think this is a hypo tang correct me if im wrong

 

[Nigel4less]

I honestly consider all my tangerines with no spots Super Hypos and Hypos with just like Marcia said Reduced spots.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

I would not consider either of the geckos in your photos to be hypos, LeopardLunatic.