murphy patternless?

[Pcircle85]

I keep seeing many different names for my patternless female. Can anyone clarify it for me?

 

[acpart]

welcome to GU! i need more information before I can tell you much. Here's a brief rundown on "patternless" if that helps:
a. Murphy's patternless: hatches yellow with a faint beige pattern that disappears as it matures. As an adult it's usually yellow to orange with a clean white tail. Some people call it "leucistic" but this isn't really an accurate name.

b. patternless stripe: hatches with no body markings and a stripe pattern on the tail. May develop a few spots as it matures. Tail remains striped

c. superhypo: hatches banded and as it matures the black/brown bands fade and disappear

Hope that's helpful.

Aliza

 

[Pcircle85]

I have baby pictures on my computer! I'll post them when I get home and we can figure out what she is.

 

[Pcircle85]

Here's a picture from the day she arrived

Here's a better recent picture of her

 

[acpart]

Yes, she's a Murphys patternless. You can see the fading blotched beige pattern on her back in the hatchling picture.

Aliza