My New Leo - What Morph?

[cat_named_noodles]

Here's some photos of my new juvenile leopard gecko. I think it's a boy. Also, I think he's a high yellow but am not 100% on that (what do you guys think?). He's finishing a shed in the photos so he still has some old skin on his toes. I am moving him to a 20 gallon long tank in a couple days (and he'll no longer be on sand).

 

[Allee Toler]

I don't know morphs. It's never been my forte. Lol. So I can't tell you. But I can tell you what a pretty little thing you got there! Gorgeous eyes!! Reminds me of a spider web.

 

[cat_named_noodles]

Thanks! Maybe I'll name him Spider. I am also nearly overwhelmed when it comes to morphs. There should be some sort of online database with all the leo morphs for us who haven't got a clue. hehe

 

[colleen0904]

Leopard Gecko Morphs
Leopard Gecko Morphs and genetic traits

Ahh, I love google. Lol. Maybe one of those sites can help. I am still learning as well. Morphs are confusing!

 

[cat_named_noodles]

Thaks a bunch! However I think I may be even more confused, hehehehe. There are simply so many morphs, and so little time!

 

[Kichi]

Aww what a cutie His eyes look very similar to my Cleo's. Shes still a baby though, but most likely a ''normal' morph.

Yours looks just like mine, but she has spots and yours doesn't. So I belive that makes him a high yellow. But I can't be sure, I'm all new to this morph thing.

 

[cat_named_noodles]

Maybe he's a patternless? or a hypo?

 

[Melissa]

New Leo Morph Question

Hi,
Looks like a nice, healthy Leo.
My guess is "Normal" or "High Yellow Normal."
Enjoy your new Leo!


Melissa

 

[hyposhawn]

Maybe he's a patternless? or a hypo?

Not a Hypo.

I have a Hypo and it is completely yellow.

 

[hyposhawn]

To me it looks like an Albino.

 

[colleen0904]

Okay, like I said, I am brand new to this morph thing, but I am pretty sure it isn't a hypo or an albino. Hypos lack spots and albinos lack black pigment, which this gecko has on its tail. Other than that, I have no idea. Lavender maybe?

 

[Kitsune]

Looks like he'll grow up to be a beautiful Super Hypo Tangerine Carrot Tail. =)

 

[hyposhawn]

He doesn't even have a orange tail and Hypo's lack black on there bodies. That one has brown stripes.

 

[Kitsune]

I definitely see orange at the base of the tail. A carrot tail does not have to be 100%...
This gecko is a juvie. Those "brown stripes" will disappear as he gets older.

A Super Hypo or Super Hypomelanistic Leopard Gecko is a Leopard Gecko which has no black spots on its back.

This gecko has no black spots on his back. I stand by what I said. =)

 

[rglove]

It is a SHT, maybe carrot-tail. He hasn't spots on the body, only on the head and on the tail and the body is orange. Maybe the carrot tail isn't carrot tail because needs to be 15 % of the tail orange.

 

[Allee Toler]

You know what? WAIT six months! THEN you'll know!! =D

GiGi was a hard nut to crack. She looked like four, FOUR, different morphs. Now that she's older, I can see her eyes, and coloring much better. So I know exactly what she is. Everyone told me she was a Murphy's Patternless. Nope. She's a LVPA, rainwater strain.

 

[ColdBlooded]

I would have to agree with SHTB with possible carrot tail. My Solis looked much like that when she was a baby and when I first got her she didn't have much carrot tail and now she has quite a bit. Solis's bands disappeared as well.

when she was a baby (the day I got her):

Now:

 

[hyposhawn]

Wow! That is a huge change!

 

[cat_named_noodles]

Wow! What a gorgeous gecko! That would be so cool if he turns out to be a SHTCT! I am sure he's not an albino though. Some of his sibs were albino and they look nothing like him. I do feel the yellow has intensified a bit since his shed. I can't wait till he gets older to see his true colors! I am simply amazed at all the morphs out there! Does anyone know the genotypes of leo morphs? Does Baldy stand for no spots on the top of the head? Also, what's the difference between hypomelanistic and super-hypomelanistic? Thanks everyone for the replies!

 

[hyposhawn]

Baldy stands for no spots on head and Super Hypo is a lack of of black every where.(including head). Hypo's have a lack of black but not as much as the Super Hypo. Breeding 2 Hypo's together can possibly make a Super Hypo.