[perenquen]

hello, does anyone have informations / experiences about heredity of colour patterns in Coleonyx elegans?

i have a breeding pair of these geckos, female is "normal" ("banded"), while male is partially "striped"

female


male


now, most of their offspring were "banded", but some were variously "striped"

male


female


female


male (subadult colour phase)


now the question: would crossing the "striped" females with "striped" male (their father or brother) produce only "striped" offspring, or not? is the colour pattern genetically determined or does the phenotype depend on certain conditions during embryonal development (certain temperature/humidity/ or what) ?

i know that the father and brother pictured above are not fully striped, but they show to have the "disposition" for this pattern, so i consider them "striped"

thanks for any reply

[perenquen]

"striped" baby hatched today ...my first coleonyx of this season

[JeffP]

Wow your so lucky, this is one species that is hard to come by in the US. Mitratus is close, but these are so beautiful congratz, you just have all kinds of babies hatching.

[GeckoFiend]

I can say that my banded animals almost always throw banded babies. On the occasion that I get babies from my awesomely striped pair, they produce partially and/or fully striped babies. That being said, I think they have a good chance of looking like the parents, but I wouldn't guaranty anything.

[perenquen]

Originally Posted by GeckoFiend

I can say that my banded animals almost always throw banded babies. On the occasion that I get babies from my awesomely striped pair, they produce partially and/or fully striped babies. That being said, I think they have a good chance of looking like the parents, but I would guaranty anything.

thanks for info
this juvenile is still from the "mixed" pair: banded female and partially striped male.
i will try to breed their striped offspring in the next season, then i will see what comes out of that...

[Lizardman]

I have a pair of C.elegans, both male and female are striped from neck to vent.
In 2009 I hatched out a total of 15 babies from the pair and only 2 of the 15 babies were totally banded. So I guess if you pair 1.1 striped there is a bigger chans on getting striped babies, but they can still produce totally banded, striped and babies that are both striped and banded.