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First time breeder 1 survived of 3. Father het.norm Mom het.norm? baby looks to be almost all black pale nose and left front leg, normal??? can mom be hypermel in disguise?

The wildtype genes are not considered 'het' though techically a het amel would also be het normal, just not how breeders refer to it.

What kind of genetics or phase your baby gecko is, depends on what non wildtype (ie: normal) gene could be present in your leopard geckos.

Unfortunately I can't say if your baby leopard gecko is hypoamel as I am unfamilier with how hypo-amel works in leopard geckos. I beleive what it means is an overall less amount of melane, which would result in less black/brown pigment.

Normal genes are also dominant, so any recessive traits will not show up in the animal at all though they may be carrying a recessive gene in the genetic pairs, hence why the term 'het' is used. (ie: albino (amelanistic) leopard gecko crossed with a normal leopard gecko would produce het albino offspring. Each baby will carry a normal gene and an amelanistic gene. But because the normal gene is dominant and the amelanistic gene is recessive, the normal gene overrules the recessive one and thus the animal looks perfectly normal)