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morph help please

jpiverson Jan 31, 2010 11:13 AM

I'm new here, but not new to the hobby. I bred normals/high yellows for fun when I was in high school, but kept a couple different morphs. During and directly after college, I gave up my collection to travel and study. Now that I'm stable and have a well-paying job, I've started building back up my love of leos (as well as my collection). Turns out, a lot has developed in the leopard gecko community since I took a leave of absence around 2002. Thus, I am asking your help in IDing a couple of my geckos.

I believe this female is a super hypo but the brownish spots on her head make me think she is one of the 3 albinos?

Is this male hypo, too? The weird black spots down his back made me think he was enigma, perhaps, but I've never noticed any weird behavior as described on various websites.

What about this female? She was sold as super hypo. I bought her because she so closely matches my male in terms of color and pattern (she even has a couple odd black spots on her tail), I thought it was intriguing.

Lastly, when I first got back into the hobby, I was at a show, and somebody had a big bin of not great looking "albino" babies for like $12...so I took one home due to feeling sorry for it. It's kind of a strange maroon color and weird banded pattern. Any idea on what type of albino or anything else she is?

Any help at all will be much appreciated! All of this is in attempt to not "muddy the waters" with weird mixes/random hets, etc. Thank you in advance!

Replies (2)

greenmansgeckos Jan 31, 2010 07:59 PM

from what i can see u were told proper morph, ive only kept tremper albinos so im not going to say for sure thats a tremper, but the others are all hypo, to one degree or another. they look nice, id be sure to get that albino separated and fattened up, if it isnt already.

Jpiverson Feb 02, 2010 07:42 PM

Thank you for your reply!

I posted @ geckoforums.net, and the people who replied thought the first was hypo, as i thought, but the next 2 were patternless with paradox spots (which apparently are not necessarily a genetically-linked trait?). the albino is for sure separated and fattening...she's always been on the thin side. i am actually in the process of looking for a new home for her. She'd be a good pet gecko...i personally don't think she's attractive enough to really breed (plus her genetics are so unknown).

Thanks again!

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