Harlequin Crested Gecko For Sale. We offer free shipping on all our Gecko orders! Most of the moonglow photographs are not reliable because they have been retouched; hence, you cannot see the true color of the crested gecko. Crested geckos can have spots around their body, called dalmatian spots. The offspring will take characteristics from both parents, and all babies can look different from each other. Most are black when that spot gets really big they call it an oil spot which is more desirable and more expensive. Lavender Crested Gecko. To see our crested geckos for sale click here or the button below. In addition to their color, their "silky like" skin and poor structure, RCK Melanistic Crested Geckos are born with black eyes. Fired down the gecko appears pale or muted in color, while fired up the colors are much more apparent and the gecko often have more constrast in the colors. The real question you are probably wondering is what is the difference between a Dalmatian and Super Dalmatian other than price? I also have a video on Instagram of a Melanistic crested gecko hatching. Some reptile owners may have deceptive photos of the crested geckos. All morphs can be found in a vary of different base and pattern colors.
Super Dalmatian Crested Geckos For Sale. Kneecaps is when the knees of each hind leg is lined with white. When paired to a orange dark based harlequin we got 6 dark based pins and one red pin which seems pretty normal however at the end of the season we also hatched two non pin brown based tricolors. Really looking forward to seeing what other genes work with axanthic - especially super stripe and Lilly! Up until this discovery we had been selling geckos from the outcrossed groups. I've heard that 40% or more of the body has to be covered in spots to be a Super Dalmatian.
Crested geckos do not breed true dominant and recessive genes. To produce the best tricolors you have to invest in the best. Flames will show little to no pattern on their laterals or legs. This color is standard on crested geckos that have a flaming pattern.
Below are a few rumors that I have heard thus far. You need to look at their overall appearance when determining what they are. Some blonde harlequin crested geckos may have a solid cream or white pattern with some markings on its head. 2 quadstripes, 2 pinstripes, and one clean dorsal stripe, not too wide. Halloween crested geckos have a dark brown-black base color and bright orange patteren. During this whole process I had been communicating with several guys much more versed in genetics than I am.
With this guide, I try my best to illustrate and describe the different kinds of coloration, traits and morphs that exist in crested geckos. Some may take them in low light to manipulate the color of the crested geckos. Reptile owners love this morph because of the high contrast between the flame pattern and the base color. Here are some of the rarest crested gecko morphs in the world today. The following lists were created from information available on the internet to the general public or by privately submitted breeders or sellers.
I have had dozens successfully hatch on their own. Most crested gecko morphs is polygenic as mentioned above, but the two genes Lilly white and Axanthic is proven out to be co-dominant and recessive genes. This means that these geckos on the list below look like normal crested geckos but that they carry the Axanthic gene to make Axanthics. In all her glory, Mother Nature decides these things and all we can do is learn as we go. Investment quality tricolor crested geckos for sale can be pricey. Because our main business is supplying geckos to pet stores, we have never bred for any specific trait other than reds and quads. Produced by: Anthony Capponetto / AC Reptiles. There are a few top breeders of investment quality tricolors which you will see consistently producing the best ones. It is simply a way to help identify a Capp baby that is produced by a pair that has at least one known Cappuccino parent. Nice pinstripe 100% Het Axanthic male. There are very few red harlequin crested geckos in existence. When reproducing only one of the two sets is given to the offspring.
Below is a proven Cappuccino male crested gecko pictured as a juvenile and as an adult. Extreme harlequins have little to now pattern in their lower lateral sides with most of the pattern only in the upper laterals. While not necessarily a project in itself, this is a project we are working on as a whole. You wouldn't go to the pound, you'd go to the best black Labrador breeders who had been breeding hunting dogs for generations. If it were just poor structure then it would make sense that there would be some difference between them especially considering that they are now produced by many different parents. We have already produced combination morphs with Cappuccino, Lilly White and Phantom genes which leaves the axanthic gene and the genes that make up the other designer morphs. We are now going to be working reds into almost everything including: pinstripes, phantoms, Lilly Whites, high whites and het axanthics. The more sales that are reported the more accurate these charts will be, please contact us with any private sales you wish reported. I am very excited for the future and I wish to thank a few people who have helped us along the way.
A few weeks later another breeder who had contacted me, and believed he had 1. Super Dalmatian Female/Unsexed Crested Gecko Cost. Or, just as common, Why does that crested gecko cost so much? This makes the breeding process quite complex.
The lilly white gene is discovered by lilly exotics, and you can read more about the gene here. Hatchlings don't always show many spots, but develop more spots with age. The spots can be different sizes and shapes, sometimes called ink spots/ink blots when the spots are larger than normal and irregular shaped. Unless the crested gecko is fired up, it cannot be considered a particular morph. Moonglow Crested Gecko. Red Harlequin Pinstripe. When describing the back and sides, the back will be called dorsal, and the sides will be referred to as lateral. And in theory should have little to no impact on the darkness of the axanthic offspring. High White Possible Female. Not to be confused with our red phantom project, reds in general are something we are going to be taking very seriously over the next couple years. Cappuccino Male/Female/Unsexed Crested Geckos Cost.
There was a lot of behind the scenes chirping that the axanthic (simple recessive) crested gecko market was saturated and the prices were falling. Lilly white is a co-dominant gene, and is recognized with their significant white-cream coloring. Unless it really has some crazy patterns, it's just another brown and white lilly white. Honestly, those ones in the middle are hard to judge their value or how much they should be for sale. Dark Fire Crested Geckos. So far we have had good success pairing high white males to red females. I hatched a few of these in 2018 and absolutely fell in love with these monochromatic beauties. This includes the recessive phantom gene and the other two incomplete dominant traits. See our second slide for an example). While everyone is chasing the dark geckos we believe that red hets will add some nice diversity to the market. Especially Altitude exotics have worked with the gene, and have also succeed to produce axanthic lilly whites. It's eyes were solid black! Blonde Crested Geckos.
We actually set up several groups and separated them even further by identifying them as Cappuccino light (possible hypos) and Cappuccino dark and charcoal, which is now identified as Dark Phantom Cappuccinos.