morph? like blizzard with a few spots

[Asclepiadaceae]

I've been looking all over to try to find out what my little guy is, but haven't been able to find a pic of another like him. When I got him, he didn't have any spots at all, and I assumed he was a blizzard, but he's gradually developing spots - they appear small, then grow larger over time, and he's gotten more of them over time. Is he just a poor example of a blizzard, or something else entirely? I got him from a pet store, so no way of contacting the breeder.
Thanks for any help!

 

[Malibu Barbie]

I would say that the the spotting is "paradox spotting", but IMO he looks a little to yellow to be a regular blizzard. Banana blizzard og Patternless is my guess - do you have other picyures.

I think its a great find and its very pretty

 

[Palor]

I dunno what he is or will be when he is grown up but I like him. You should keep taking pictures 1x a week to catalog his changes.

 

[cat_named_noodles]

I've been looking all over to try to find out what my little guy is, but haven't been able to find a pic of another like him. When I got him, he didn't have any spots at all, and I assumed he was a blizzard, but he's gradually developing spots - they appear small, then grow larger over time, and he's gotten more of them over time. Is he just a poor example of a blizzard, or something else entirely? I got him from a pet store, so no way of contacting the breeder.
Thanks for any help!

Well he certainly is cool looking! At first glance I would say he's a patternless, but those spots? Keep taking pictures so we can watch where his pattern goes.

 

[hyposhawn]

Yeah. Right now i say banana blizzard but keep taking pics because I'm not 100% sure. He looks cool.

 

[Malibu Barbie]

Taking the eyes into consideration I would say Murphy's Patternless!

 

[Allee Toler]

Taking the eyes into consideration I would say Murphy's Patternless!

Murphy's are more bright yellow. This is a dingy faded yellow, like a mack rainwater patternless. But it has normal eyes so it's not a MRP.

Quite an odd one. But very cute. =]

 

[Gexter]

It looks like your guy is just developing his spots early. I wouldn't say he is a different morph or anything because I've worked with leopards for a little bit and I've learned that they look the way he did when they are younger and when they hit the 2-3 year mark, all of mine developed their spots back completely! :shock: I would say he is going through a regular phase in his life, only a little bit early!

 

[Allee Toler]

It looks like your guy is just developing his spots early. I wouldn't say he is a different morph or anything because I've worked with leopards for a little bit and I've learned that they look the way he did when they are younger and when they hit the 2-3 year mark, all of mine developed their spots back completely! :shock: I would say he is going through a regular phase in his life, only a little bit early!

I have never heard of that? Usually they have their adult color by 4-9 months.

 

[Gexter]

Well, their adult blizzard colours that is....which is the usually purples with slight yellow. But yes, when they get older, they develope those spots back. I heard of it and witnessed it from a good friend of mine who has been breeding leopard geckos for 15 years. Seems shocking I know but yup, it happens.

 

[Asclepiadaceae]

Thanks for the info everyone! How much more do you think his pattern will change? I think he's about 2 years old now, but he got his first spot at a year or less, so they're developing really slowly.
This is him when I first got him, no spots at all:

It's actually rather a funny coincidence, since when I got him I didn't want one with a lot of spots like some of the normals I'd seen, but I knew you couldn't tell as babies how dense the spotting would be, so I figured I'd just go with a blizzard rather than risk getting one I wouldn't like. Now he's turning out perfect: just enough spots to make me happy!

 

[cat_named_noodles]

Starting to look more like a Blizzard. Just wondering about your name- Asclepiadaceae as in milkweed plants? Do you grow them?

 

[hyposhawn]

Yeah, your name is confusing.

 

[Hilde]

It looks like your guy is just developing his spots early. I wouldn't say he is a different morph or anything because I've worked with leopards for a little bit and I've learned that they look the way he did when they are younger and when they hit the 2-3 year mark, all of mine developed their spots back completely! :shock: I would say he is going through a regular phase in his life, only a little bit early!

You're thinking of hypos who can get spots, particularly females who've been bred. Breeding hormones seem to trigger melanin production causing them to get spots or even darker bodied in general.
This gecko in the original post isn't one to grow spots back. This looks like a paradox, something that isn't common, but not unheard of. It seems that blizzards do it more than Murphy's Patternless, but almost any unspotted leo can get those blotches. There are even paradox albinos with a dark blotch or two.

 

[Allee Toler]

GiGi has a spot on her right back foot. And it's black. But her eyes are red. It's her only spot. Lol.

 

[hyposhawn]

My normal has a spot on it's underside of chin.

 

[Malibu Barbie]

The spots are paradox spotting.
They turn up a some point and from the examples Ive seen never go away.
Many have tried to Breed them but with no conclusive result.

I have an enigma female with a paradox spot on her thigh - its fairly common in enigmas.

I don't know if its allowed but here is a link to a thread on another forum where you can see some examples
super hypo with paradox mark. - GeckoForums.net

 

[hyposhawn]

Nice.