Jags, Jags, JAGS or rpm, rpm, RPM

[Kanga-Who]

There has been several posts of late about "jags" and or "rpms". It would seem that both terms refer to the same or similar lines of reptiles.

It seems like the term "RPM" has been coined in Oz whereas overseas they are called "jags"

My question is, should we in Oz continue to use both terms which can be confusing or should we join the rest of the world and go with the word jag.

Another question, I'm told that "RPM" stands for reduced pattern ?????????????

The attached pic was emailed to me by a friend, it's only about 9 months old

 

[CarpetPythons.com.au]

We like to call them genetic reduced pattern carpets, that is after all exactly what they are. All these names like caramel orange pepper etc. makes me think that we as Aussies love to follow the way that Americans name their morphs! Surely we can do better when it comes to making up names for morphological variants. The same goes for tigers, they are striped animals! Am I just being over technical about the whole thing?

 

[SamNabz]

I agree with Nicole...after all the Americans can't even pronounce or spell Caramel

 

[waruikazi]

You can call them whatever you want.

 

[AM Pythons]

stripe to stripe= striped, tiger to tiger= super tiger. a bit different to a normal striped jungles imo.. but im with you on the rpm/jag thing.

 

[CarpetPythons.com.au]

Why tiger? It should be dorsal striped for striped and dorso lateral striped for tiger! Sorry, just me being technical again. Maybe it's easier to just use words that everybody can understand.

 

[CarpetPythons.com.au]

Kanga-Who: Is that a barramundi jag or a Simon stone jag?

 

[AM Pythons]

Kanga-Who: Is that a barramundi jag or a Simon stone jag?

or someone else's? we would love to know...lol..

 

[pythrulz]

RPM Reduced Pattern Morph or Jag same thing nice snake Kanga who

 

[The Devil]

Have to agree, all these names, tiger,orange pepper, reduced pattern ect confuse me. I'd like to see a jag called a JAG...

 

[wokka]

Does Jag define an appearance and its genetic heretability, whereas Reduced pattern refers to appearance which may, or may not be heretable?

 

[Perko]

Is there only 1-2 lines?

Kanga-Who: Is that a barramundi jag or a Simon stone jag?

 

[CarpetPythons.com.au]

Good question Wokka. Jag is just a name that was given to the expression of the phenotype caused by the genetic mutation. Genetics are involved in both the jag and reduced pattern look.

 

[ezekiel86]

so whats the out come lol

 

[The Devil]

Is there only 1-2 lines?

As far as I understand most if not all originated from Simon. Although there has been talk for a couple of years about some smuggled ones.....

 

[Bez84]

Whats this theres smuggled jag blood in our RPM oh no say it aint so lol.

 

[waruikazi]

As far as I understand most if not all originated from Simon. Although there has been talk for a couple of years about some smuggled ones.....

:shock:

 

[The Devil]

Whats this theres smuggled jag blood in our RPM oh no say it aint so lol.

I KNOW, it's terrible, smuggled jags, smuggled greens and smuggled just about anything and everything else.

 

[CarpetPythons.com.au]

O devil, this cant be true?

 

[D3pro]

You mean to tell me that sarong GTP's aren't naturally from Australia? lol