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Black Velvet Leopard Gecko?

MattP Mar 10, 2004 12:12 PM

Has anybody seen this? http://www.jmnatur.se/blackvelvet/blackvelvet.htm

How much do you guys think its worth and does anyone know of any others?

Thanks,

Matt

Replies (7)

TLB Mar 10, 2004 01:50 PM

Hi

On the breeders/dealers page of kingsnake, go there and pick "D &J reptiles" and then pick African Fat Tailed geckos and scroll down that page and see what you think.

I went to the page you put up and it looked like to me that when they mature that there lighter coloration will wined up coming through. You could already see some of it on them.

Take Care, TLB

hanniball Mar 10, 2004 03:30 PM

not an african fat tail.
so the black velvet leopard gecko must be at totaly diffrent hing or?
does anybody else know anything about this new leoparde morpf?
looks cool

lilroach56 Mar 10, 2004 04:21 PM

i think that is just a dark midnight blizzard. It's a female so they probably kept the temps very low the hole time during incubation of midnight blizzard breeding.
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0.1 "Tremper" looking Albino Leopard gecko (Lex)
0.0.1 normal ball python (felix)
1.1 Feral cats that we adopted (Fuzzy, and Bear)

StinaUIUC Mar 10, 2004 04:25 PM

She's not a midnight blizzard, she has markings...she's just an extremely dark normal...which would make it a line bred trait like snows, pastels, and tangerines...just in a different direction.
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Christina


1.3.1 leos
-0.1 tangerine het rainwater albino w/jungle background (Blinkers)

-0.2 jungles (Vahz & Skissor)

-0.0.1 albino (supposed Tremper)(Spitfire)

-1.0 tangerine rainwater albino (Bronx)

Dedalus Mar 10, 2004 04:38 PM

True it has patterns you can see the dots and lines if you switch between photos in the photo show. Even if it's line bred what's the guarentee that the leo will stay "black" as it matures. The one in the pic looks only a few months old.
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There is only one thing we can truly control.
Whether we are good or evil.
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0.2.0 Normal Leopard Gecko's
1.0.0 Patternless Leopard Gecko
0.1.0 Veiled Chameleon
1.0.0 Bearded Dragon

MattP Mar 10, 2004 05:59 PM

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marla Mar 11, 2004 01:22 AM

i would say she would be worth more than a normal. she would be a great asset to a breeder who was seriously pursuing a melanistic project. personally, i can't wait for people to get more work done in that area, as i'm very interested in an all-pink albino (which would be the offspring of melanistic het parents, in theory).
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marla
currently: 0.1.0 axolotls, 0.0.9 catfish, 0.1 ferrets, 1.7 leopard geckoes, 0.0.20 oriental fire-bellied toads, and 0.2.0 sugar gliders

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