Is Fluffy a boy? Morph help too

[Rankins]

Clearly male as other have said. He looks like he isn't totally a normal phase. He's got some red stripes running down his back. Not sure what his lineage might be or what people call that. I don't pay attention to that, I'm more interested in color and pattern. The name of the morph doesn't matter to me.

 

[AHBD]

If he doesn't have pure black eyes, [ making him a transluscent ] clear nails [ making him a hypo ] or is a leatherback or silkback he would be considered a normal , but with color.

 

[Zombiepanda]

Curious now myself. Are clear nails just not black or are there only two different colors? Or varying shades?

 

[Rankins]

Sometimes I think people just throw darts at a list of names and call them whatever the dart sticks.
A "Sandfire" is a normal looking dragon with red color. Shouldn't it be called a normal dragon?
I'm confused....

 

[Zombiepanda]

Sometimes I think people just throw darts at a list of names and call them whatever the dart sticks.
A "Sandfire" is a normal looking dragon with red color. Shouldn't it be called a normal dragon?
I'm confused....

Do rankins have all the same morphs and colors as beardies?

 

[Rankins]

No, 100% pure Rankins are tan or grey...
People have made mutts by breeding them with bearded dragons hoping to create morphs. Vittakins are a cross and not desirable at all.

 

[AHBD]

I agree with what your'e saying about colors, I should have been more clear. Sandfire was actually trademarked, and the high color dragons that came from Bob's sandfire ranch were spoken of as a morph. Citrus tigers are a morph as well, so they have been around for a long time and have their genetics in alot of dragons. I know what you mean when you said looks like the O.P's dragon was mixed with something. Back in the day when you were breeding and in my earlier years , a red dragon was considered a morph,compared to the plain tan or grey color. That was way before the trans + leatherbacks were around. Now that there are trans., leathers, silks, Dunner zero + witblit, most people call a normal scale dragon a normal, whether it's brightly colored or not. I prefer to call them by the color they are as a descripton at least , even if not a morph.


I do believe the reddest dragon's origins are from the parts of Austaralia with red sand. That was according to an article in reptiles magazine from many years ago written by herpetologist + then breeder Pete Weiss who called his red line of dragons " redflame ." I had some of those years ago as well as original sandfires both about 20 some years ago. Anyway, I didn't mean to nitpick....O.P's dragon is beautiful.

 

[Cken27]

My boy is gentle too, always very very sweet and docile. He loves me! You sir have a beautiful Dragon too

 

[Rankins]

Your not nit-picking Your helping
There are just so many traits, names, and genetic mutations out there. Even some dragons that look exactly the same are given different names. When I was breeding them there were not so many genetically manipulated bloodlines. I had bright yellows, oranges, reds, and a few greens. They all had normal scales and the colors were not created through genetic mutations. They came that way....
I'm still not sure exactly how I feel about breeding for mutations. Most of the time I think it isn't genetically healthy...but then again I like all the colors. But in most animals breeding for mutations has negative effects on health.
I'll probably never be fluient on how dragons are named...it would take too long because there are so many and my main interests are invested elsewhere... But I still love beardeds and Rankins