Hello, I was noticed while clicking on the dragons in archangelbeth's Wednesday round-up that of the single colour two-headed hatchlings, the dams were lighter and the sires darker. The two that were already fledged were lighter coloured and female. Is this simply a fluke of the day or is the colour gender-linked?
Color in the splits is sex-linked. Dark is male, light is female. The coloring is identical until they grow their wings as hatchlings - that is always the point at which you find out what sex your dragon is, so they always go to their final coloration at that point.
I had not looked very closely at the cù dà cheann previously, so I hadn't noticed they turn one colour on maturity.
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A question about two-heads
Date: 2008-11-20 12:29 pm (UTC)Re: A question about two-heads
Date: 2008-11-20 04:26 pm (UTC)There's a nice info summary page on all the breeds at http://www.rosesagae.com/Other/Dragcave/dragonguide.php
Re: A question about two-heads
Date: 2008-11-20 05:15 pm (UTC)I had not looked very closely at the cù dà cheann previously, so I hadn't noticed they turn one colour on maturity.
* {actually, I'm sitting here squeeing and clicking all the links and playing with the dolls she has up on her site, but I'm trying to act mature on the surface at least.}