Dark Morph

[crickest]

Hi all - was at a reptile show this weekend and saw a little beardie that was basically dark grey (charcoal colored) with red bars on his back. I was wondering if anyone knew a breeder that was breeding dark dragons? And what the color morph would be designated? I'm hoping to be able to get a new baby on my birthday in October and would love a dark one. Can anyone help?

 

[Claudiusx]

Well i have seen only one dragon that was like black. I think they called him the darth vader beardie lol. lets see if i can find a pic of him i've only seen one.

 

[Claudiusx]

Ok i found it. It was from bloodbankdragons.com

Im not sure if they are actually breeding that color out, or if it was just a freak gentic thing that is rare but i think its cool.

 

[crickest]

Yeah, I saw that one on the Bloodbank Dragons website, but I think he is a leatherback and I really don't want a leatherback - I like the spikes and dragon like skin. I was hoping to find one colored like that with the spikes! I love stroking them with my fingers.

 

[DragonsInKansas]

Bloodbank is pretty much the go to place for any "fancy" dragon, it'll cost you big time. But if you want the best, they're the best.

 

[Pravius]

That one in that picture is actually not a leather you can see the bumps on his back. A true leather will have a complete lack of scales on the back. I do not know of anyone in the industry that is breeding these on purpose. I have seen some that they call solid lavenders (not just the bars) but they are all out of clutches that do not have any other siblings like this.

 

[Claudiusx]

That one in that picture is actually not a leather you can see the bumps on his back. A true leather will have a complete lack of scales on the back.

Actually a leather does have scales but they are really small and reduced, almost to where they can't be seen or noticed. A Silkback, is a beardie that has a complete lack of scales on the back, like salamander skin.

 

[Pravius]

True.. I stand corrected.

 

[DragonsInKansas]

haven't seen a silkback in "real life" yet, but they kinda creep me out

 

[Claudiusx]

haven't seen a silkback in "real life" yet, but they kinda creep me out

I haven't seen on in real life either, just online:

They look like salamanders to me, I like them though, i wouldn't mind having my own :mrgreen:

 

[Pravius]

Truthfully I do not like them much either. People experimenting to that point with genetics is scary to me.. especially with it being so easy to breed these animals... we have no idea on how genetically they may be messed up.. limited eye sight, hearing, ect.

I have noticed in the animals I have collected and bred that some of the "morphs" do act differently then some of the non "morphed" dragons.. even in observing I have seen some really weird things with the way they respond to different colors and things like that. For the silkback.. that's the line I draw.

 

[Claudiusx]

Lol whats next? a beardie that can fly?...... :shock: that would be cool actually! lol a real dragon! :mrgreen:

 

[DragonsInKansas]

Yea, I have morphs so I guess I have no room to judge people who have/want silkbacks

 

[Pravius]

Well so do I... the thing is really, is the open market that we have in this industry. It's a shame that people pay so much for silkbacks because all that is going to do is drive more and more irresponsible breeders to try to create this genetic mutation, which in turn really further limits the gene pool that we have to work with.

I have morphs, but I have always been really careful on who I purchased these morphs from. It is critical that the breeder that works on these lines that they breed back to the "wild type" gene meaning they breed back to plain old beardies and outcross them to genetically strengthen the lines.

Some people as with anything are in this only for money and that's where we get these really bad morphs from that could suffer from, limited eye sight, def or hard of hearing, mental retardation, ect. Really it just comes down to trust on who you buy from.

 

[DragonsInKansas]

hmmmm, mental retardation...........I think one or two of mine might be suffering from that.......or they're just to lazy to do anything. I'm going to go with lazy. :lol: