Common Leopard Gecko Morphs for Beginners

[macksnowgecko]

Well here are a lot of common morphs that a lot of people ask about and a lot of people give the wrong info on. I got all of these off of Leopard Gecko Wiki so hope this helps

Normal Leopard Geckos or Wild Type Leopard Geckos are generally a dull yellow color with a large amount of black spots on them. The tail will be white with black spots on it. Before all of the colorful morphs came about, Normals and High-Yellows were the only morphs available.

A High Yellow Leopard Gecko is a Leopard Gecko who shows a vast amount of yellow on their bodies without reduced black spotting. When Leopard Geckos were first introduced into the United States, there were Normals and High Yellows.
Genetically speaking, High Yellows are a line bred trait.

A Tangerine is any Leopard Gecko that shows Tangerine or Orange hues in their body. The Tangerine colors also show up in all three strains of the Albinos. The amount of spots on the back of the Leopard Gecko, the amount of Carrot Tail, and the amount of head spots further breaks the Tangerines into different categories.

Super Hypo Tangerine or SHT, is a Leopard Gecko who expresses tangerine coloring on its body with no black spotting.

S.H.T.C.T. stands for Super Hypo Tangerine Carrot Tail. For a Leopard Gecko to fall under this category, they must have no body spots and at least a 15% Carrot Tail. They also must have Tangerine in their bodies.

S.H.T.C.T.B. stands for Super Hypo Tangerine Carrpt Tail Baldie. For a Leopard Gecko to fall under this category, they must have no body spots and at least a 15% Carrot Tail. They also must have Tangerine in their bodies. And also no spots on their head which makes them a baldie

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

 

[hyposhawn]

cool list.

 

[Allee Toler]

It's good. =] You should add a few more.

Patternless Albino
Murphy's Patternless
Mack Snow
Sunglow
Enigma
RAPTOR
APTOR
Bell Albino
Rainwater Albino
Bold Stripe
Blizard

Then maybe they can sticky this. And use this thread for the "what morph is he/she?" questions. =]

 

[Phixius]

Mack Snow Patternless are Leopard Geckos that exhibit both the recessive Patternless trait as well as the reduction in yellow, orange & red pigment from the Mack Snows. As hatchlings and juveniles, they show the slightly spotted pattern seen on young Patternless, but this fades away as the geckos mature.

 

[Phixius]

So now i think my baby leo is a Mack Snow Patternless instead of a Murphy Patternless like everyone has suggested, look:

 

[macksnowgecko]

So now i think my baby leo is a Mack Snow Patternless instead of a Murphy Patternless like everyone has suggested, look:

lol i was just about to tell you that on your thread
if you guys want to keep posting common morphs that would be cool and maybe someone could sticky it

 

[For The Sake Of Revenge]

We need to sticky this thread

 

[Phixius]

Rainwater or Las Vegas Albinos were founded by Tim Rainwater in 1998. When compaired to the other two strains of albinos, Rainwater Albinos tend to have more pink and be lighter overall. When they hatch, they tend to have yellow bodies with pink bands. As a group, Rainwater Albinos are smaller than the other two strains. Rainwaters also have the darkest eyes of the three different types of albinos.

 

[Phixius]

Blizzard, is very similar to the Murphy Patternless morph. Like the Murphy Patternless morph, the Blizzard morph is a simple recessive morph. As hatchlings, Blizzards are completely patternless and their colors will vary from white, to yellow, to a deep purple. As they grow older, most change within the color scale mentioned previously. The darker Blizzards are usually marketed as Midnight Blizzards, but there seems to be nothing which controls the dark pigments. The more yellow Blizzards are often marketed as Banana Blizzards, but a true Banana Blizzard is a Murphy Patternless Blizzard. Another trait which seems to randomly pop up with Blizzards is Snake Eyes or solid eyes. As of right now, there is nothing genetic behind the Snake Eyes or Eclipse Eyes in Blizzards. Most people have them randomly pop up. (Sorry for the low quality Pics)

 

[Allee Toler]

=] I had a good idea. Lol. Now this takes care of all those threads! =D

 

[macksnowgecko]

Thanks everyone now we just need this to get stickied!

 

[macksnowgecko]

Still more to come...hehehehehehehehe:biggrin:

lol thanks alot

 

[Allee Toler]

See, now I have been researching leo genetics all day (it's all your fault Allee! lol) and my husband thinks I'm crazy. But it's OK. I love leos and there's nothing he can do about it. lol

Lol. I haven't researched any morphs. I just figured someone else with faster internet would.
If I got more than three windows up, my internet crashes if two of the three are loading a new page. i need a new computer. Lol.

 

[SaSobek]

most of this stuff is all listed on this website guys.
http://mkgeckos.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

I don’t think you should just post pictures of things with out saying where you got the pictures. or asking the owner of said picture before posting them. if you guys want i will put together every morph and combo morph that is out there as of right now there are some that you guys are missing

this is a great idea nut you guys must watch how you use the word patternless. it is used a lot in describing a bunch of different morphs at this time. like a blanco has nothing to do with any murphy's patternless. give me a few days and i will put together the most complete and updated list that i can.

 

[hyposhawn]

How do you sticky a thread?

 

[Allee Toler]

How do you sticky a thread?

A moderator/admin can go into a post and make it a sticky. Normal users can't make sticky/announcement's.

 

[hyposhawn]

Thanks

 

[Riverside Reptiles]

You guys DO realize that it's against the law to post other people's photos don't you (it's called copyright)? And you DO realize that many of these breeders and web site owners who's pictures your posting DO read these forums? And you DO realize that many of these people take their copyrights seriously. So I DO suggest that you either get permission from the owners of the pictures or remove the pictures from your posts.

 

[Riverside Reptiles]

if you guys want i will put together every morph and combo morph that is out there as of right now there are some that you guys are missing . give me a few days and i will put together the most complete and updated list that i can.

That would be a very helpful project indeed. If you can put that together (using your own pics and/or pics w/ permission) I will certainly be happy to sticky it to the top of the leo forum.

 

[SaSobek]

That would be a very helpful project indeed. If you can put that together (using your own pics and/or pics w/ permission) I will certainly be happy to sticky it to the top of the leo forum.

I would be happy to. i just have to get all the pics together. i have a show this weekend so i dont know if i will have it done this week but i will work on it as much as i can. they will all be my picture. if i dont have a picture. i wont post one. im sure i will have some pics that have never been seen before:evil::yikes:


I do have one question. If i dont have a pic of a morph. would it be wrong to have a link to a website where it is located at? that wouldn't be copyright violation would it? that would be just like google show you where to find the picture.