Opinion on "morph" or whatever

[sean8172]

Someone suggested that Demani might be a leatherback. I thought I would post a few pictures, and get opinions. What say you?

 

[Germ]

Does look to be a leatherback to me

 

[sean8172]

Thank you, as usual, for the quick response. I noticed today that Demani's nails are clear. That means he's a hypo, right? A hypo leatherback?

All this curiosity is because of where, and how, I got him. I found it odd that Petsmart would have anything other than "regular" dragons. I've read all the stuff about different morphs, and all that, but most of it confuses me. I decided he's just a cool, special dragon. My biggest curiosity is, could I need him with my female, who appears to be just a regular dragon?

 

[Aleena]

Yeah, they can breed. Just keep this in mind:

Thinking of Breeding???

 

[sean8172]

I took Demani to an "exotic" pet store today. The owner told me he is a translucent hypo leatherback, then practically begged me to sell Demani to him. He never offered me a price, but I told him no way of the bat. He seemed quite knowledgeable about bearded dragons, in general, but his practices were flighty, at best. Cohabitation, feeding odd things, no UVB over the adult enclosure. Stuff like that. He did, however, look Demani over for a good the minutes or so. He really liked him

 

[Germ]

Another 'Food For Thought' ...

TO BREED OR NOT TO BREED: A REALITY CHECK​

 

[Jesse omg it's me]

i thought that leatherbacks have no spikes at all? so if they have little spikes they can possibly be latherback?

 

[Germ]

Leatherbacks have reduced\smaller bumps\scales on their skin, kind of giving it the texture of leather, thus the name. But they still have 'Spikes' on their sides & beard area, as any normal BD would.

 

[sean8172]

On my most recent visit to Petsmart, I asked the manager if Demani was sold from their store, or if he was a "rescue" animal. She told me he was sold from another Petsmart, as a "fancy" bearded dragon. When I asked her how much those usually sell for, she said "about $10-$20 more than the normal ones". I was quite shocked at that, since the exotic pet store owner told me that his "market price" would be $200-$300. I guess those chain store people really don't know their stuff at all, eh?

 

[Germ]

It's not that, it's that they are not into the designer 'ColorLine' BDs requiring documentation.

 

[gilliesexotics]

Hi, the first dragon appears to be a hypo leather back if those are pics of his nails. The second dragon is a normal back. You would need to know the genetics for any non visual disorders.

There are a couple different variations of leather back. They all come from the same dragon line but some do have literally no bumps. They are typically called micro scale leather backs. You have what i would call a reduced scale.

 

[Pat B]

Ahhhh....Petsmart.....grrr....don't listen to them....as I say all the time "they don't know squat" Your dragon is beautiful....the colors are awesome!!

 

[sean8172]

Thank you Pat! The exotic pet store owner was the one who told me he was a hypo translucent leatherback. To Petsmart, he's a "fancy". See the difference? Lol.