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Albino Morph???

anne2112 Feb 19, 2008 07:50 PM

I hatched this leopard a few months ago from 2 normal leopards. She was a very deep purple when she first hatched, but now she is so light. Does anyone know if she is albino?

Replies (6)

yellermelon2 Feb 19, 2008 10:30 PM

She appears to be a tangerine. Nice looking gecko.

coheed196 Feb 20, 2008 07:16 AM

Looks like maybe a hypo tangerine, albinos can't produce the black pigment.
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coheed196
1.1 raptor leos (gordo, sunshine)
0.1 beardie (scarlet)
1.1 veiled chameleon (e-yore, trixie)
1.1 panther chameleon (apollo, polly)
0.1 jackon's chameleon
0.1 albino burmese (peaches)
1.0 pit bull (ajax)

geckogrl6 Feb 20, 2008 07:27 PM

Jungle nearly super hypo tang. no albino. You sure both parents were normals? At least one would have most likely been some sort of aberrant/jungle/stripe morph-
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1.0 Hypo stripe, Het RW from JL (BJ)
1.0 HypoTang from Crested (Apricot)
1.0 Tremper Albino from Petsmart (Cloud)
0.1 Hi-Yellow Leopard gecko from Petco (Beatrice)
0.1 Stripe female (rehabilitated rescue)(Pepper)
0.1 Jungle het RW hatched by me! (Jungle Bunny)
0.1 SHCT Leopard Gecko from Petco (Brite)
0.1 Tangy Mutt Leopard Gecko from Petco (Rainbow)
0.1 RW Stripe hatched by me! (unnamed yet)
0.1 Leucistic rescue (Lucy?)
0.1 Tremper stripe from JMG (Delta)
0.1 SHCT hatched by me! (Blinky)
0.0.1 SHCTB hatched by me! (Sunny II)
0.1 Ball Pythons
1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
Hatched: ~50 leos

anne2112 Feb 22, 2008 12:38 PM

Thanks for your reply. No not sure, I know a lot about gecko care, but nothing about morphs. Here's the parents. The father has the regen tail. I hatched the mother probably about 4 years ago, she is a nice bright yellow. Also including pic of baby day she hatched, very different from any other hatchling I've had.



geckogrl6 Feb 22, 2008 04:35 PM

Mom looks to be slightly aberrant. Hard to tell from the dad's pic. Do you have mom's baby pic- that would tell you for sure. Thats a lot of aberrant markings for those two parents, esp the tail. Is the baby available?
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1.0 Hypo stripe, Het RW from JL (BJ)
1.0 HypoTang from Crested (Apricot)
1.0 Tremper Albino from Petsmart (Cloud)
0.1 Hi-Yellow Leopard gecko from Petco (Beatrice)
0.1 Stripe female (rehabilitated rescue)(Pepper)
0.1 Jungle het RW hatched by me! (Jungle Bunny)
0.1 SHCT Leopard Gecko from Petco (Brite)
0.1 Tangy Mutt Leopard Gecko from Petco (Rainbow)
0.1 RW Stripe hatched by me! (unnamed yet)
0.1 Leucistic rescue (Lucy?)
0.1 Tremper stripe from JMG (Delta)
0.1 SHCT hatched by me! (Blinky)
0.0.1 SHCTB hatched by me! (Sunny II)
0.1 Ball Pythons
1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
Hatched: ~50 leos

anne2112 Feb 23, 2008 05:35 AM

I unfortunately do not have a pic of mom, but she was banded and looked like all the other normal hatchlings out of a text book. Could aberrant be a recessive gene? I plan on keeping the baby, as that is the only reason I incubated eggs again. I haven't done it in years as I had a really hard time letting other babies go, I get way to attached Thanks for all your info!

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