The Leopard gene was first produced at our facility in 2005, however Pete Kahl may have produced it prior to 2005 at his facility.



At this time we are unsure if the Leopard gene is part of the Piebald gene or if it is a separate gene that can be isolated form the Piebald gene.



Here is the information we have so far. We received a Piebald male in 2002 form Pete Kahl and we bred him to several females. Half of the babies he produces have the Leopard gene the other half appear to be non-visual het Piebalds. At this time both Graziani Reptiles Inc. and Peter Kahl Reptiles have produced Leopards from the first generation Leopards, however we have not proven that the second generation Leopards carry the Piebald gene so they have to be listed as 50% or 66% possible hets for Piebald. I will not speak for Pete Kahl but I believe that the Leopards are all 100% het Piebalds. My reasoning is the leopard pattern resembles the Piebald pattern and I think it is linked to the Piebald gene. Only future breeding will prove of disprove this theory! Either way this is an exciting new project to be working with!!!!



So far we only know what the Pastel, Spider and wild type Leopards look like. We have endless possibilities of Leopard crosses in the future to look forward to!



Thanks,

Greg Graziani
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