I hope this isn't too much of a pain in the butt.
My fiance and I are rescuers here in Western Washington, and needless to say our house is full of leopard geckos! Recently we've been looking to all the diffrent morphs and patterns that are out there, and have noticed that we might have a few of the diffrent ones.
But, as we are in the rescue business and not the breeding business, we're pretty clueless as what to call the diffrent colors and morphs of our houseguests. So, we were hoping you guys might be able to help us out, and give us an idea of what to call the diffrent patterning on our rescues.
Thanks in advance!
-Raven
Yes, everyone here is a rescue...now, onto the show! Mind you, this isn't all of our rescues, just 6 with interesing patterns...
This is stumpy, named because he's missing a hind leg...his is a sad story, and I won't go into it her. That being said, as you can see, he's got no markings...
This is Rosie, I'm less confused at her pattern, as I belive its a pretty standard one. Rather, I wonder about her size. I know that there is a trend to try and breed larger leopard geckos (Goliaths?), well, Rosie here is a whopping 10 inches long.
Paris is another one with a sad, sad past, as you can see by the terrible curves in his legs. (Don't mind him, he's shedding). But I'm really interested in his box-spot pattern.
This is Nora, like Paris up there, she seems to have fewer spots than many of our leopards...
This is Jareth...and she's our pretty one. Her colors are super pale, though not white, she's certainly pearly in color, with a really delecate lavender color on her tail. Sadly the pictures really don't do her justice.
And finally, Helena...she's nothing to brag about, but has some amazing dark spots, and they are all close together like this...she's rather a good representation of many of our other leopards.
Okay, thanks again for letting us pick your brain!
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