What morph is my crested gecko???
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JessJohnson87
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I don't see any distinct patterns and can't see any spots so I'm going with an orange patternless.
JessJohnson87
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They can have contrasting colors on the limbs, knees and fringe. Still going with patternless orange.
Yoshi'smom
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I see a very faint pattern along the dorsal. I think I would qualify it as a Flame over a Patternless. It's very nearly patternless though.
I was reading the crestwd gecko morph guide and it says bi color geckos come in orange and it says that the dorsal will be a slightly different color can be lighter or darker and sometimes they have a hint of pattern ..in person his back is a muddy er color kinda different color I think he might be a orange bi color ...what's your thoughts....?
Yoshi'smom
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Bicolor usually means the whole of the dorsal is a separate color. But I have seen some consider the light patterning like yours displays still a Bicolor. I would go with either a flame or bicolor until someone more experienced with those types of morphs says otherwise. I don't tend to focus on those morphs. My projects include Harleys, Pinners and Extreme Harleys with high contrast so my knowledge base is skewed toward those morphs.
I had the flash on my phone under normal lighting no flash he's got a pretty good change in color along his back ...I'll try to get more natural photos in the next couple days...he's super quick and doesn't like being disturbed too much ..tho he seems comfortable in his enclosure
Yoshi'smom
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Yeah I'd let him settle for 2 weeks before you go about bothering him too much for anything other than feeding, misting and general quick maintenance.
I will.. here's another picture ...in person the contrast between head and dorsal and body is greater but you can see two distinct shades of the same color scheme in this photo I think...FYI any specs of black and white is earth he's compete spotless ..anyone else familier with orange bi colors?
JessJohnson87
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Now I see the color! He looks like he could be bi-color, I don't see any markings on his side to be considered a flame but they may be there and I just don't see them. He also may not be really fired up to tell right now.
Yoshi'smom
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I would go with a bicolor.
It's werid he has like 3 stages..not fired he's like a pale yellowish color ...then one way he fires is the neon orange color you just seen there....3rd he's like a Carmelish orange ..with a very big contrast in color on head and dorsal...the camera on my phone sucks bad tho...
Yoshi'smom
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Generally, you judge a gecko based on its most fired color/pattern.
Well I guess he's neon orange but when he's really fired he looks to be a bi color...I'll have to keep a eye out I guess ..I wanted to say thank you for everyone's help..I think I got everything under control ...going to take back heat lamp and bulb I got for him...maybe grab some more plants that hang and deff some calcium with d3 ( I just have plain calcium now)...
Yoshi'smom
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They definitely like a lot of foliage. It also helps to prevent FTS if they have lots of foliage and things to climb on.
Stellarreality
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Any Idea what morph this little guy is? I'm guessing he's either a halloween pinstripe, or just a flame pin. Not that good at identifying morph's though so I could be off...he is for sure a pinstripe though....and the pictures do not do justice as to quite how burnt orange his color is, it's so vivid it's borderline red. I'm calling it a he because I hope he will turn out to have some nads so he can pass on his beauty.
http://i.imgur.com/hCX2mqz.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/lwYJJZU.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Z5049z0.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vTdspT7.jpg
I actually purchased him from petsmart at this size, and with no tail...they dropped the price to 15$ because he had no tail; kinda sad but hey, it happens.
http://i.imgur.com/hCX2mqz.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/lwYJJZU.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Z5049z0.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vTdspT7.jpg
I actually purchased him from petsmart at this size, and with no tail...they dropped the price to 15$ because he had no tail; kinda sad but hey, it happens.
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