Crested Gecko Morph

[arlo17]

Friend and I went to the reptile show in April, she got a crested gecko and we never asked what morph she is, friend just had to have her. She'd like to know what morph she is, and I have ideas but I'm not sure.

 

[Cymmie]

Can I get a picture of her only fired up, I need her complete body from the back and the side.

 

[PoppyDear]

When you got her at the reptile show did they tell you her morph/did her container have her morph written on it? If you know the breeder you can always contact them and ask.

She is very beautiful!

 

[arlo17]

I'll ask for a picture of her fired up, I tried to get a couple but she wasn't totally dark.

And surprisingly no, they didn't have the containers labeled. It was also super last minute, about fifteen minutes before everyone had to leave.

 

[arlo17]

This is the best I have as of now, not great but I asked my friend to get pictures of her totally fired up as soon as she can. Hopefully in the next few days I'll be able to get some. It may come down to contacting the breeder. I know everyone prices their geckos differently but if it helps at all, she was $35 at show price, nothing outrageous, but she was also pretty small at the time.. I'll do my best to get better pictures soon, though.

 

[Cymmie]

She was likely worth more around 60-75, not much more. She looks like a 50% harleyquinn when fired, she has high percentage pinstripes, but poor crestings. She has mild dal spotting (likely a recessive gene one of her parents had, or a gene found in her lineage pretty far back), her colors are a bit murky in my opinion which is why I wouldn't charge more for her, and otherwise she doesn't present a lot good body form in my opinion. Her head is nicely broad. Depending on whether she plans to breed this girl or not, I can suggest some of the better patterns and maybe colors to look for to pair her with so that you bring out hopefully the best in most of the babies. But a lot of crestie breeding is a toss up ^^

 

[arlo17]

Wow, thanks for the info! She won't be breeding, just keeping. I had considered the things you mentioned, but I'm not big on crested geckos or their morphs so I just wasn't sure. It's much appreciated.

 

[Cymmie]

I have just started getting truly hardcore into their morphs because of my desire to finally start breeding, I have learned most of this within 3 days, but I have a good eye and such for genetics. I also do line breeding and genetically pick out certain things for my feeders insects.

 

[arlo17]

I'm better with leopard geckos than anything, so I'm glad have gotten a response. I didn't expected get one for a while. She's my friend's first crested gecko, first reptile in general actually. She's very much in love with her, and we were both just trying to get out of there before the place started closing up, so we didn't think to ask about genetics.

 

[Cymmie]

Leos have pretty easy genetics in certain ways, they have a lot of pattern options and some various eye morphs, but mostly are straight and forward all about colors and spot patterns etc. Cresties have the ability for color and patterns in just the colors but also have the ability for genetics to take place in the crests and various raised scales.