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Morphs
Ghost: This is a rare morph
within the UK, with only a few breeders in the country. The morph
originates from the USA and was created by Dachiu, the Ghost morph was
developed in 2006/07 by breeding a Cawley Red with a Hypo Red/Orange
German Giant. The name Ghost was given due to the white colour they turn
when in shed. There are two forms, hypo's with clear nails, and het.
hypo's. As babies they do not look particularly special, but they
grow into stunning adults. They veer towards hypomelanistic, with the black pigments
appearing as faded 'watered down' colouration in the patterning, which
will appear 'soft' without definition. Ghosts are a pinky/green colour
with pale blue markings on the body. Adult Ghost's are visually unique,
a truly stunning dragon.
Translucent: This morph lacks
white pigments, and has sections of transparent skin where light is able
to pass through; giving a translucent effect. They also lack reflective
cells in their eyes, causing them to appear pure black.
Leatherbacks: Have less
reptilian scales on their back, giving them a smooth, leather-like feel.
Silkbacks: A result of breeding
two leatherbacks, this extremely rare morph has no scales, giving them
smooth and silky skin.
Tiger Morph: Tigers are
Homozygous (dominant gene). One parent must be a Tiger morph in order to
produce Tiger babies. Any bearded dragon clutch with blue side bars will
be deemed a 'visual tiger', but will not reproduce the trait. As babies,
Tigers are a dark, sooty, charcoal colour with black 'zebra-like'
markings. They get lighter with every shed until they reproduce their
parental morph colours with purple/blue side bars. Tiger's can be any
colour morph, as long as one parent is a Tiger morph.
Mark. Leucistic: The phrase
'marketed' was added as a prefix to leucistic, when the breeder wrongly
thought he had successfully created a true leucistic dragon, a true
leucistic (Leucism: inability to produce colour) is yet to actually be
produced. Mark. Leucistic's are in fact very lightly coloured
hypo's.
Hypomelanistic (Hypo's): This morph has
reduced black/brown pigmentation, light nails and pale colouration
compared to normal morphs.
Heterozygous (Hypo-Het's):
These dragons carry the hypomelanistic gene, although they are visually
a standard morph, with dark nails and pigmentation, their
scales are lighter than that of a normal beardie. these are still
interesting to breed, when bred with another hypo or hypo-het they
produce a certain amount of hypo babies. The following is a guide of
what you can expect from breeding hypo's/het's:
Hypo x Hypo = 100% Hypo's
Hypo x Hypo-Het = 50% Hypo's, 50%
Het's
Hypo-Het x Hypo-Het = 50% Hypo-Het,
25% Hypo, 25% Normal (Called 66% possible Het-Hypo)
Hypo x Normal = 100% Hypo-Het
Hypo-Het x Normal = 50% Hypo-Het, 50%
Normal (Called 50% possible Het-Hypo)
Pukka
Dragons Grading System
Here at Pukka Dragons we use a grading
system ranging from 1-10, 1 being at the low end of the scale, 10 being
the highest. The following explains our system:
Grades 1-3: These Dragons have less
dominant genes, and make for ideal pets.
Grades 4-7: The colour of these
dragons is not as striking as the higher grades, but make ideal breeding
stock to introduce specific morphs to your collection.
Grades 8-9: Not only do these dragons
have dominant genes, ideal for breeding, they are also aesthetically
pleasing, with bright and vivid colouration.
Grade 10: Visually stunning dragons,
also very rare, with perhaps one or two produced per clutch.
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