emilykay405
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Yea...I never thought I'd be posting one of these...but I'm just not good at identifying hatchlings.
It's time for Name That Morph!
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Allee Toler
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Patternless.
emilykay405
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Awesome! Thanks!
panthergecko
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i was gonna say that but as a guess
not to jack your thread here, but im totally new to raising geckos. I have seen a ton, literally a TON of leopard morphs and i was wondering, what does it mean? what is it? how many are there? how do you get desired morphs? how do you know what is what? and why arent there morphs for other species of gecko?
psychmylife
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AKA leucistic.
TheOneBlueGecko
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Morphs describe the color and pattern of the gecko.
You get desired morphs by breeding the geckos with that in mind, so ideas of inheritance such as recessive and dominant traits come up.
There are morphs of other geckos, crested geckos for example, but they are mostly a lot of leopard gecko morphs because of the length of time people have been breeding them (this allows traits to show up) and just the genetic diversity that is available in the pattern. So geckos either have not been breed long enough, or just don't have those different traits available.
Saskia
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Are you sure about this? I believe leucistics and Patternless are different morphs, in fact leucistics do not have spots, and Murphy Patternless do.... well, I am not an expert but I am pretty sure they are diffrent morphs....
Allee Toler
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This is an incorrect term, and was it's old term when it was new. It's been proven incorrect. The correct term is Patternless.
Saskia said:
They're two names used for the same morph. Murphy Patternless don't have any spots at all. As hatchlings their neonate markings are funky, but they do fade away to a solid yellow body and a greyish tail.
Definition-Leucism is a condition characterized by reduced pigmentation in animals and humans. Unlike albinism, it is caused by a reduction in all types of skin pigment, not just melanin.
They aren't lacking pigmentation. If this is true (which it isn't), that they are, then Super Hypo Tangerines, Patternless Stripes, and many other "spotless" morphs, are Leucistics.
Isn't it fun to learn? :biggrin:
psychmylife
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Well, whether or not it's correct, the Murphy's patternless is also known as leucistic. There are many places that still use the incorrect terminology.
Allee Toler
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I don't believe in continuing to repeat false information, that is why I corrected your and Saskia's posts.
emilykay405
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My brain just exploded. All of this recessive/dominate gene stuff makes my head hurt.
Our local Petco has a couple of Mack Snows (those are easy to pick out...)...if I had room I'd so get one.
Over time you'll catch on.