Morphs?

[LovePink74]

I've been hearing about different bearded dragon morphs.
Is that like a cross breed between different Dragons? Or just different colors they come in?

Anyone know what "Morph" my beardie is?

His colors tend to change from really light, to then really dark.

Any Ideas?

 

[ChiefsDaddy]

A morph occurs when two or more clearly different phenotypes (visual mutation) exist in the same population of a species from which the genetic make-up (genotype) determines the outcome.

Two of the more common recessive morphs are hypo and translucent.

Hypomelanistic, or hypo for short, is the absence of dark pigment. These dragons have 20 clear nails and lighter colors than normal dragons.
Translucent or trans for short, is the absence of white pigment, resulting in a "gummy" kind of look. These dragons have solid black eyes.

There are also co-dominant traits such as leatherbacks, which have reduced scaling.

Your beardie does not appear to display any of these traits, and without knowing the genetics, he would be classified as a normal.

 

[AriZoNaSHacKeR]

theres tons of morphs that the guy does not mention , yours looks like a sandfire dragon. keep it mind they change in colors drastically over their growth

 

[ChiefsDaddy]

theres tons of morphs that the guy does not mention , yours looks like a sandfire dragon. keep it mind they change in colors drastically over their growth

Sandfire is not a morph. It is a bloodline. To have a Sandfire means that you bought your dragon from Sandfire Ranch. If the dragon didn't come from Bob Mailloux at Sandfire Ranch, then it is not a Sandfire dragon.

 

[LovePink74]

Uhhm yeah, mine just came from petco guys. Lol

Although I don't know exactly where he was hatched..
I just thaught he was a cool "morph" since he was the only bright colored one out of the 4 which were all a pale sandy color.

Sometimes his underside gets really really white, and his back gets orangy/red/grey kinda. Its pretty cool, but not he's usually like that darksih gray in the second picture.

 

[ChiefsDaddy]

He does have some amazing coloring. I have some normals with bright coloring as well, but they do not display any visual morphs. I think there's just some confusion over coloration, bloodlines, and morphs. People tend to throw them all together, but colors and patterns are not genetic morphs.

 

[LovePink74]

Ohh I see. So basically just Normal bearded dragons. With brighter colors than usual? Not really a specific morph. Just a brighter color

 

[ChiefsDaddy]

Yep! You got it! He is probably going to turn a nice yellow/orange color as an adult.

 

[LovePink74]

that's pretty awesome! Haha I'm dieing to know what he's gonna look like as an adult haha.

 

[AriZoNaSHacKeR]

petco has some cool morphs SOMETIMES, you got lucky with yours!! if you google sandfire babies you can see yours looks identical, thats how my moms was. it looked like a normal but had some colors now its orange and red